I was radicalized by parents that believed that we should assume the best of people and that all humans deserve dignity.
He is testing mine too...or, should I say, he tested mine and failed.
Temerity
...(n.) acting fearlessly without consideration of the consequences and doing so in an often reckless and audacious way
Trying to win the Peace Prize...
Anticipatory joy starts today!
axiomatic
ultracrepidarian
...(n.) a person who gives opinions on things that they don't know much about
From Latin, meaning the cobbler shouldn't judge things beyond his shoes
Bertrand Russell lived before social media gave them the power of self-direction (and the illusion of knowledge and understanding) and a bunch of people in their echo chamber egging them on.
Kafkaesque, Orwellian, Atwoodian, Dickensian, Bradburyan...
...enough authors understood the intersection of politics, power and human nature that their names can be used as adjectives.
Is the guy second from the right doing a facepalm? ...maybe he gets it.
Grift
I think people fear things when they can imagine the consequences; especially to themselves and those they love. The rest is just white noise.
Surreal
The irony of 'textbook cases' is that you have to read textbooks to know about them
Not getting 'above average' vibes these days...
Could the same be said of prayer?
Hamartia
...(n.) a tragic or fatal flaw that leads to one's downfall.
Mumpsimus
...(n.) a belief that one continues to hold despite all evidence that shows it is not true
To use the words of MTG...LIAR!
Maybe you had the time but didn't know it
Or people on the dole who think they are on their team
subterfuge
...(n.) deceit, evasion or trickery used to achieve a goal
Please add me to the next one. Thanks.
They do, due, dew...😉
Hamartia
...(n.) a severe flaw or error in judgement that leads to a person's downfall
"... And it is the nature of a hamartia that you can’t see it coming. You think, 'Man, this is great, I’m going up forever!' ... you reach the top and you start the descent." -John Greene
scurrilous
... (adj.) meant to attack one's integrity or defame.
(as in scurrilous rumors, scurrilous comments, scurrilous social media posts, etc...)
Panoply
...(n.) a large and impressive collection of things (literal or figurative)
"Why did the night withhold its panoply of sounds?" -David Wroblewski, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
Compathy
...(n.) feelings that are shared between or among people
(compathy is to share the feeling...empathy is to try to understand the feeling)
otiose
... (adj) serves no purpose. useless.
“Belief is otiose; reality is sufficiently awesome as it stands.”
-Martin Amis in the Second Plane
You are correct! Bluesky doesn't allow editing, so I'll leave it as an example of how I am still learning late in life. 🙄
In other words, they don't care if words hurt other people, but when it hurts them, they will reverse.
Imagine how much time was wasted on this ignorant double reversal.