Originally Posted by
AProudLefty
What's with whataboutism lately? Are people that desperate?
Again, pointing out hypocrisy is not "whataboutism". It is talking about your reaction to something, not saying "It's okay because of this other person"... You don't get to cry about one but ignore the other because they wear the same jersey color unless you are proudly proclaiming your hypocrisy. Either they are both no big deal (as I say) or they are both terribly wrong and you are right to cry about them, but only if you cry both times, not just for "those guys" doing it.
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- -- Aristotle
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
- -- The Buddha
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
- -- Aristotle
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