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Pat Robertson, conservative evangelist and Christian Coalition founder, dies at 93
(www.nbcnews.com)
this post was submitted on 08 Jun 2023
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@stanleytweedle Okay. So it's not that he was telling people what to do, but rather that it's okay to celebrate somebody's death if they were a bad person who's unrelated to you, is that your position? And how does that line up with self-righteousness? As far as I know, self-righteousness refers to thinking you're morally superior to other people, but the logical conclusion of your argument here would be that he was just wrong, not self righteous specifically.
I think you should just stick to the idea that self-righteousness means 'telling people what to do'. That seems to be as far as you can go with this. Do another 'cognitive dissonance test' on me- that was funny.
@stanleytweedle
I did the cognitive dissonance test but you failed already.
"Self-righteousness is telling people what to do, that's why I told that person what to do"
"Is it wrong to tell people what to do if it's murder tho?"
"No, of course not!"
The only way to get out of this logical quandary would be to claim that self-righteousness is bad, but that would have defeated your grounds for criticism in the first place.
I enjoy reading your interpretation of this conversation.