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* [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Hera]] has a combination FreudianExcuse and Appeal to Inherent Nature as the usual justification for how much she terrorizes Zeus's lovers and children. She's the Goddess of Marriage and punishing infidelity is part of her divine duty, [[TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes but her husband Zeus constantly and flagrantly insults her divine domain by cheating on her with mortals]], and she ''can't'' punish him for his infidelity because he's much stronger than her and the one time she tried, she ended up hanging off Mt. Olympus with anvils attached to her ankles. The only recourse she has is to take RevengeByProxy, since Zeus does care about his demigod children and their mothers.
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* "Take Me Or Leave Me," from ''Theatre/{{RENT}}'', is essentially an entire song of the Appeal to Inherent Nature justification. Most of it is on [[AnythingThatMoves Maureen's]] part, but Joanne does a lot of justifying and refusing to compromise by the number's end.

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* "Take Me Or Leave Me," from ''Theatre/{{RENT}}'', is essentially an entire song of the Appeal to Inherent Nature justification. Most of it is on [[AnythingThatMoves Maureen's]] Maureen's part, but Joanne does a lot of justifying and refusing to compromise by the number's end.
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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Raven Branwen purports to be a social darwinist who refuses to help those she sees as weak, but it becomes increasingly obvious to everyone around her that she's a DirtyCoward who doesn't want to get involved with the main conflict purely because she's scared shitless of the BigBad and prefers to bury her head in the sand and terrorize those weaker than her just so she doesn't have to risk her own sorry hide- despite the fact that she ''knows'' that the BigBad is an OmnicidalManiac and so the only chance she has of long-term survival is to oppose said BigBad.

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* BrutalHonesty: "I never sugarcoat the truth! If they're offended, then that's their fault, not mine!"



* MightMakesRight: "I have all the power here and there I make all of the rules. If you don't like that, then suck it up and deal."

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* MightMakesRight: "I have all the power here and there I make all of the rules. If you don't like that, then suck it up and deal."deal with it!"
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* ''Radio/AbsolutePower'': Charles Prentiss. He's a bastard because being a bastard ''works''. You might wish it didn't, and he has some sympathy with that viewpoint. But it ''does''.

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* ''Radio/AbsolutePower'': ''Radio/AbsolutePowerBBC'': Charles Prentiss. He's a bastard because being a bastard ''works''. You might wish it didn't, and he has some sympathy with that viewpoint. But it ''does''.
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* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': Both Calvin and Hobbes are guilty of this in different ways; Calvin claims that he has a "natural inclination towards evil" (in other words, he likes being a brat) and it's unfair for his parents, school and society in general to stifle him by forcing their morals and ethics on him. Hobbes, on the other hand, believes that as a tiger and a natural predator, it's in his nature to constantly stalk and attack Calvin, ignoring that, whatever his real nature is, he's clearly not a regular tiger, since he's sentient, can talk and walk upright.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "At Long Last Leave", the shows 500th episode, Springfield finally decides to banish The Simpson family, fed up with the increasingly destructive and obnoxious nature of their hijinxs, especially Homer and Bart. Marge eventually resorts to this excuse when she gives TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to the townspeople, claiming that it's wrong to punish someone for "being who they are" as an excuse for her complete inability to control her dysfunctional family. Of course, the entire town ignores that [[MoralMyopia they're not exactly perfect themselves]], which Marge also points out to them.
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* In volume 6 of ''LightNovel/CookingWithWildGame'', [[spoiler:Yamiel Tsun]] offers her (bound, drugged) captive a [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse "choice"]]: he can abandon his own family to join hers and make them the money necessary for them to go legit, or he can be brutally murdered. Apparently, the fact that redemption requires effort and responsibility exempts her from having to do it.

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* In volume 6 of ''LightNovel/CookingWithWildGame'', ''Literature/CookingWithWildGame'', [[spoiler:Yamiel Tsun]] offers her (bound, drugged) captive a [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse "choice"]]: he can abandon his own family to join hers and make them the money necessary for them to go legit, or he can be brutally murdered. Apparently, the fact that redemption requires effort and responsibility exempts her from having to do it.
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* ScrewPolitenessImASenior: "I'm old, so I can be a jerk if I want!"

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* MightMakesRight: "The strong survive! Weak people are a bane to us! It's survival of the fittest!"

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* MightMakesRight: "The strong survive! Weak people are a bane to us! It's survival "I have all the power here and there I make all of the fittest!"rules. If you don't like that, then suck it up and deal."


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* TheSocialDarwinist: "The strong survive! Weak people are a bane to us! It's survival of the fittest!"

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