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rhett o rick

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8. Some times when we have very strong convictions we think we can justify our
Fri Mar 25, 2016, 03:28 PM
Mar 2016

actions to get others to agree with us. But if we reflect that our convictions mean nothing if we don't heed our principles. I have learned a lot here. How many times have I seen other posters ridicule or mock someone and get upset myself only to realize that I also have a tendency to do the same. Of course I can rationalize that they are bad and "deserve it" which, I realize is exactly what they think. That reminds me, I should have said some thing in my OP about "they deserve it". The bullies favorite phrase. "I was picking on them because they are racist and I am sure, therefore they deserve the ridicule and mockery". Every mob that took someone out to be burned at the stake rationalized that the victim "deserved it."

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