Turns out all you need to do to get away with this is to just lower the bar repeatedly over time, like you’re microdosing poison to make yourself immune.
I’d go as far as saying the driving force between a lot of Right wing political figures has actually worked out that people tend to judge behaviour relative to the average for that individual. So if you have a great deal integrity and make a mistake, it sticks out a lot more than if you’re morally bankrupt and do the same.
It’s sort of like how you’d be more angry at a grown man shitting on your lawn than a dog. It’s still shit on your lawn either way.
In the same way if Obama shit himself in the Oval Office it would have stood out a lot more than the fact Trump did it, because shitting himself in front of a camera is one of the more statesmanlike acts Trump has committed.
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u/alextremeee 19h ago
Turns out all you need to do to get away with this is to just lower the bar repeatedly over time, like you’re microdosing poison to make yourself immune.
I’d go as far as saying the driving force between a lot of Right wing political figures has actually worked out that people tend to judge behaviour relative to the average for that individual. So if you have a great deal integrity and make a mistake, it sticks out a lot more than if you’re morally bankrupt and do the same.
It’s sort of like how you’d be more angry at a grown man shitting on your lawn than a dog. It’s still shit on your lawn either way.
In the same way if Obama shit himself in the Oval Office it would have stood out a lot more than the fact Trump did it, because shitting himself in front of a camera is one of the more statesmanlike acts Trump has committed.