#squawk-talk

- the idiotic misconception that pointing out the flaws of others makes you better by comparison. (it doesn’t. it just means you know you can’t win an argument fairly, so you instead resort to the petty, dickish tactic of tearing someone down for their faults, rather than tearing down holes in their argument. i.e: you’re hating the player, not the game.)

- the preconceived notion that you’re incapable of wrongdoing, or that your actions can’t be unjust, just because they’re your actions.

example: “these kids will thank me when they’re older, i saved them from embarrassing themselves!” 

no, you “saved” them from a normal phase of growing up. you “saved” them from expressing themselves openly. they’re probably already going to look back in a couple years and cringe at themselves, they don’t need some asshole on the internet to cringe at them too. you’re telling them that they’re wrong for self expression, which can ultimately only lead to things like being highly anti-social, and unwilling to share their interests or express themselves for fear of being shunned. you’re not saving these kids; you’re abusing them and manipulating them and potentially ruining all future relationships they find themselves in; because they’re easy targets who are naive.

that person: immediately follows me back