I say weird shit and half the time I actually believe it.

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    3 days ago

    The implication that I believe you are missing is that all humans are to some degree evil, and that goes doubly so for the type of human that finds themselves working in the world of politics.

    It’s tongue-in-cheek, and that was very well known when the phrase originally came out.

    The subtlety seems to have been lost over time.



  • I’ve been wary of labels because it seems like shorthand for actually getting to know a person.

    That skill can be handy if you’re frequently meeting a lot of people, sure, but a person who is quick to attach a label to somebody that they didn’t attach to themselves first has no interest in getting to know that person, and their label should not automatically be accepted as correct.

    I’ve known quite a few people who were labeled as weird by the unofficial group leader who turned out to just have interests that the group leader wasn’t interested in and was otherwise a perfectly normal person.

    A lot of people missed out on their friendship because of that label.