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Since: Mar, 2018
3rd Oct, 2019 03:48:30 AM
Gone Horribly Wrong, Create Your Own Villain
We can never truly eradicate the coronavirus, but we can suppress its threat like influenza
A bad situation stems from a good one or a desire to do good.
For example: cronyism is The Power of Friendship gone wrong, the Beloved Smother just wants to protect her child, the person who was discriminated against causes Intolerable Tolerance, etc.
This article in The Friend Nobody Likes mentions that a lot of antisocial behavior is encouraged by people who've been on the receiving end of social ostracism or mockery and are determined not to put anyone else through it, resulting in tolerating inappropriate behavior (or even thinking it's the norm).
"Social fallacies are particularly insidious because they tend to be exaggerated versions of notions that are themselves entirely reasonable and unobjectionable. It's difficult to debunk the pathological fallacy without seeming to argue against its reasonable form; therefore, once it establishes itself, a social fallacy is extremely difficult to dislodge."
Edited by Chabal2