How much better off would we be if such people could just stop lying to themselves? Often, those now wringing their handkerchiefs are the same ones who have been counseling patience with the proud imbeciles since Sarah Palin became their paladin.
Orwell's mask quotation took me back to the 1964 S5 E25 Twilight Zone episode "The Masks" in which the mask selected reflects the essential character of its wearer. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734659/
The first quote reminds me of Vonnegut's, "We are who we pretend to be."
Reminds me of those who look at Trump, look at America and say “We’re better than this” when, in reality, we are this.
How much better off would we be if such people could just stop lying to themselves? Often, those now wringing their handkerchiefs are the same ones who have been counseling patience with the proud imbeciles since Sarah Palin became their paladin.
Comity can be so overrated.
Orwell's mask quotation took me back to the 1964 S5 E25 Twilight Zone episode "The Masks" in which the mask selected reflects the essential character of its wearer. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734659/