Double Standards; If They Didn't Have Them, They Would Have None At All

[churchmouse]

I saw that earlier today. Classic.

And zero NADA from MSM on this miracle of miracles.

 

[jamil]

I saw that earlier today. Classic.

Well, you know. You sell a few books. You evolve your outlook on capitalism.

 

[jamil]

About double standards. I guess it’s fine to have a thread to talk about some specific instances. But it should be defined in such a way that we’re not demanding that people call out every instance of a thing to escape the an accusation of double standards. If you say Obama did something wrong but you don’t list and call out by name everyone great or small who did that same thing, that’s not a double standard.

Calling out the double standard that appears to exist between Stone and McCabe is fair. That’s an accusation against the justice department that it is treating one party differently than another when they’re accused of doing the same thing. But claiming that someone who calls out corruption of one party, but does not call out corruption from all parties is not a double standard.

For example, a person calling for an investigation of Joe Biden but saying nothing about Ivanka. That’s not a double standard not to talk about all instances in the public domain of the same thing after talking about one. But it’s fair to say it’s a double standard to think that one deserves investigation and not the other, just because of which side is which.

 

[Denny347]

We tend to see the hypocrisies and double standards in those of the “other team” much easier than those of “our team”. It’s human nature.

This sums it up perfectly. Our biases (not a bad word) can cause blind spots. It's a human condition that we should all strive to improve.

 

[churchmouse]

This sums it up perfectly. Our biases (not a bad word) can cause blind spots. It's a human condition that we should all strive to improve.

Thank you.

 

[jamil]

This sums it up perfectly. Our biases (not a bad word) can cause blind spots. It's a human condition that we should all strive to improve.

Right. Biases aren’t a bad word. It’s just how the firmware is programmed. But, it’s not a bad thing to try to recognize our own biases and decide if our perspective is limiting our understanding of the world, or even distorting it.

Have you ever looked at an object from afar, just from the perspective of one angle with the distortion of distance, thought you knew what you’re looking at, only to discover the reality is completely different once you saw it from different, more accurate perspectives. That’s the scourge of partisanship and seeing the world from just one, often distorted, perspective.

There is a non-zero cost of bias in scaled societies. The societal cost goes up for people in positions of authority when their bias distorts reality. If you only see reality from one perspective, you won’t see all the reality that’s available. Partisans call that single perspective clarity. And those with power act on their limited reality with the fierceness of one convinced of rightness.

 

[BugI02]

There are these little tube thingies that you can attach to your rifle that give you a clearer view of that thing you're viewing from afar and minimize the distortion of distance, and they have little adjusters to minimize such distortions as windage and the effects of gravity on trajectory

 

[jamil]

There are these little tube thingies that you can attach to your rifle that give you a clearer view of that thing you're viewing from afar and minimize the distortion of distance, and they have little adjusters to minimize such distortions as windage and the effects of gravity on trajectory

But that device gives you a different, and more accurate perspective from what you had without it, no? The more perspectives from which you see an object, the closer to reality you can interpret it.

 

[Denny347]

There are these little tube thingies that you can attach to your rifle that give you a clearer view of that thing you're viewing from afar and minimize the distortion of distance, and they have little adjusters to minimize such distortions as windage and the effects of gravity on trajectory

But that device gives you a different, and more accurate perspective from what you had without it, no? The more perspectives from which you see an object, the closer to reality you can interpret it.

It also narrows your view tremendously, unable to see anything else around you.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

It also narrows your view tremendously, unable to see anything else around you.

That's why it's a good habit to keep both eyes open.

 

[jamil]

That's why it's a good habit to keep both eyes open.

multiple perspectives is better than just one.

 

[JCSR]

Remember the old Hee Haw song?

Gloom despair and agony on me,
deep dark depression excessive misery.
If it weren't for double standards I'd have no standards at all
Gloom despair and agony on me...

I think I got the lyrics right. LOL...

 

[Chewie]

INGO's not that much of an echo chamber. And do we really need another "liberals are bad, and conservatives are perfect" thread?

Well if you repeat it enough it becomes the truth doesn't it?

 

[NKBJ]

Oh wow, this dang near went full bore right versus wrong instead of left versus right!

 

[JettaKnight]

Well if you repeat it enough it becomes the truth doesn't it?

Speaking of repeating - that post is a year old.

 

[Chewie]

Speaking of repeating - that post is a year old.

See what I mean?
I'm old and forgetful. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!