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Joao Sousa

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    There are some people who seem to view any criticism of our (collective) way of life as an attack on themselves (personally), rather than a suggestion for collective improvement, and then decide that whatever group made the criticism is "the enemy". Once they've decided who "the enemy" is, they feel the need to oppose anything "the enemy" supports, regardless of whether it makes any sense to do so.

    I'm not really sure whether it's an honest inability to distinguish criticism from attack, or simply a predisposition toward an "us vs. them" mentality which needs to seek out and define a "them" to support a conflict-driven view of life even when cooperation would be better for all involved..
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    I just love how what is expressed in this quote disregards all possibility that the criticism may actually be unfair. It basically states that's impossible and whoever says the criticism is not entirely valid must be in denial. And people actually use this, as some sort of "higher thought".

    And the "us vs them" mentality is active on both sides of the argument. I've already been called "you guys". Just because I said something, I'm already in the "them" group for someone. I've basically been pushed into one camp by the advocates of the other one. Great stuff.
     
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