tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post4069202298361384661..comments2023-10-24T05:49:04.269-04:00Comments on The Chaliceblog: What CC's brain starts to do when she has been looking at lexis-nexis for too longChalicechickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781469958573869914noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-44646463693548801922009-06-05T21:04:51.940-04:002009-06-05T21:04:51.940-04:00"It is how we respond when we are made aware ..."It is how we respond when we are made aware of those contradictions which really test us."<br /><br />That is a test that U*Us quite consistently fail at when their numerous "contradictions" are pointed out to them time and time again. . .Robin Edgarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-21213646326345147742009-06-05T20:41:06.243-04:002009-06-05T20:41:06.243-04:00Hmm ... As I see it, the problem with #1 is that i...Hmm ... As I see it, the problem with #1 is that it neglects the factor of <i>knowingly</i> doing one thing while saying/believing another.<br /><br />A person can believe in tolerance and diversity, yet still fall into the trap of stereotyping folks outside of her or his "in" group. Does that make her hypocritical, or merely not fully aware of her attitudes and actions?<br /><br />With that in mind, there are ways of raising awareness of how a person's actions contradict their beliefs without necessarily condemning or labeling them.<br /><br />Yes, we all contradict ourselves. It is how we respond when we are made aware of those contradictions which really test us.Desmond Ravenstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11731355272768955344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-4837796533487892472009-06-05T17:01:24.616-04:002009-06-05T17:01:24.616-04:00I think your SF post just makes an erroneous assum...I think your SF post just makes an erroneous assumption, to wit, that requiring a homeless guy to get a permit for a street business -- just like all other street businesses are required to do -- indicates a hostility to the homeless that is at odds to SF's claimed hospitality to the homeless.PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381347581328622706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-3435306643257439152009-06-05T16:50:16.213-04:002009-06-05T16:50:16.213-04:00Not sure if I agree with #1. If you say "I lo...Not sure if I agree with #1. If you say "I love Mexican food" and then decline the offer of a taco, you would fit the definition in #1, but I don't think you'd necessarily be a hypocrite. You might not be hungry, you might not find that particular taco appealing, you might be honestly mistaken about what constitutes "Mexican food," or you might be in the earliest stages of gradually realizing that you don't love Mexican food as much as you used to. <br /><br />I think the sting of an accusation of "hypocrisy" comes from an implication of knowing deceit. As Merriam-Webster puts it, "a feigning to be what one is not or to believe what one does not." And if that's the definition, I think there are a number of people in the world who aren't hypocrites, because they never intentionally deceive others as to who they are or what they believe.Evenoreply@blogger.com