A quotation from Mencken, H. L.:

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Conscience makes cowards of us all. Politeness is even worse. It makes actors of us.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/mencken-hl/62858/

#quote #quotes #quotation #conscience #cowardice #fear #insincerity #politeness #shame

The only genuine things about DeSantis are his arrogance and his resemblance to plastic.
#RonDeSantis #DeSantis #sociopath #misanthrope #insincerity #plastic

The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.
-- Anne Morrow Lindbergh

#Insincerity #AnneMorrowLindbergh #Bot Under Development

"Nobody Likes Mike Pence: In focus groups, Republican voters are brutal in their assessment of the former vice president."

Reminds me of the t-shirt slogan: Jesus loves you, everyone else thinks you're an *hole.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2023/03/gop-voters-mike-pence-2024-presidential-bid/673448/ #Pence #insincerity #GOP

Very often - hypocrites or crookedness falsely accuse those with moral integrity of hypocrisy.

We've all heard the blah blah blah of fake 'plastic' people accusing, for example, climate activists of hypocrisy - because they don't live "perfectly" sustainable lifestyles (e.g., using fossil fuels vehicles to travel).

I've just had one of these "debates" though in the context of plastic pollution. The typical narrative usually goes something like this.

1. The sincere person, for example, the activist, speaks out against some environmental problem. For example, plastic pollution.

2. The crony tries to accuse the activists due to some "imperfection". For example, the activist uses a plastic product.

However, the crony in this context, that I was "debating" with - started to get angry because I was "winning" the debate. I was right and the crony is the problem. The crony used the fact that my mobile phone has a (add-on) protective plastic case cover, as justification that I was being hypocritical.

So, I explained to the crony a few home truths.

1st - It's a FairPhone which is the most sustainably manufactured mobile phone on the market.

2nd - I don't own the Fairphone business.

3rd - If I did, I'd of manufactured the case cover out of a mixture of strengthened cardboard covered in a plant-based water-resistant layer (i.e., biodegradable materials).

4th - The crony doesn't generally "bother" to even try and shop for the best eco-sustainable products.

The crony was simply annoyed - because cronies tend to get annoyed when other people remind them that other people are not cronies. Cronies prefer to cluster together among their own types. For example, crony fossil fuel industry lobbyists tend to have more in common with your average crony than climate activists.

Basically, I was making the point to the crony that I'm not part of the friggin problem. I know what needs to be done to mitigate pollution, climate change, wildlife extinction, etc,

I could have said "You're the problem crony! For not being on my side - the right side (of history - the future) is informed and wants to do far more to mitigate climate change, etc.

However, as I said, the other person was a crony and didn't acknowledge my righteous ass. So, that's another crony who will simply be part of the blah blah groupthink problem.

The irony is that the crony will perceive that I'm the arrogant one. However, I did manage to refrain from being condescending. Even though it was like debating with an ignorant child that didn't want to be found out about something they know is wrong.

Hey ho!

#psychology #ignorance #corruption #greed #insincerity

#science #ecology #ConservationBiology #materials #PlasticPollution

Very often - hypocrites or crookedness falsely accuse those with moral integrity of hypocrisy.

We've all heard the blah blah blah of fake 'plastic' people accusing, for example, climate activists of hypocrisy - because they don't live "perfectly" sustainable lifestyles (e.g., using fossil fuels vehicles to travel).

I've just had one of these "debates" though in the context of plastic pollution. The typical narrative usually goes something like this.

1. The sincere person, for example, the activist, speaks out against some environmental problem. For example, plastic pollution.

2. The crony tries to accuse the activists due to some "imperfection". For example, the activist uses a plastic product.

However, the crony in this context, that I was "debating" with - started to get angry because I was "winning" the debate. I was right and the crony is the problem. The crony used the fact that my mobile phone has a (add-on) protective plastic case cover, as justification that I was being hypocritical.

So, I explained to the crony a few home truths.

1st - It's a FairPhone which is the most sustainably manufactured mobile phone on the market.

2nd - I don't own the Fairphone business.

3rd - If I did, I'd of manufactured the case cover out of a mixture of strengthened cardboard covered in a plant-based water-resistant layer (i.e., biodegradable materials).

4th - The crony doesn't generally "bother" to even try and shop for the best eco-sustainable products.

The crony was simply annoyed - because cronies tend to get annoyed when other people remind them that other people are not cronies. Cronies prefer to cluster together among their own types. For example, crony fossil fuel industry lobbyists tend to have more in common with your average crony than climate activists.

Basically, I was making the point to the crony that I'm not part of the friggin problem. I know what needs to be done to mitigate pollution, climate change, wildlife extinction, etc,

I could have said "You're the problem crony! For not being on my side - the right side (of history - the future) is informed and wants to do far more to mitigate climate change, etc.

However, as I said, the other person was a crony and didn't acknowledge my righteous ass. So, that's another crony who will simply be part of the blah blah groupthink problem.

The irony is that the crony will perceive that I'm the arrogant one. However, I did manage to refrain from being condescending. Even though it was like debating with an ignorant child that didn't want to be found out about something they know is wrong.

Hey ho!

#psychology #ignorance #corruption #greed #insincerity

#science #ecology #ConseravationBiology #materials #PlasticPollution

@Doug_Bostrom @dantheclamman I'm well aware of #insincerity having spent a considerable amount of time studying the #science of personality differences

To repeat again - l reported the toot because l'd observed more than enough graphs with zero references. Because the OP did not provide references, l could not validate the toots "lightening" claims.

So, shifting that #honesty focus onto to me - is arguably #misdirection

Non referenced graphs is a deal breaker for me #scientist

#Insincerity - The quality of being insincere; want of sincerity, or of being in reality what one appears to be; dissimulation; hypocritical; deceitfulness; hollowness; untrustworthiness; as, the insincerity of a professed friend; the insincerity of professions of regard.