Pet Peeve


When some person or institution is doing something wrong, and then, for a change, does the right thing for a change, yes, I know, techinically one can add hyporcisy to the list of their wrongs, but, I mean, please, come on. I'm especially annoyed by those who scream "hypocrite!" whenever they catch their least favorite Evil Spokesperson being nice or law-abiding in some private affair. Look, I know your heart is in the right place and you're okay on your definitions, but can't you save your outrage for the institutions that talk the talk but don't walk the walk, rather than vice versa? Would you prefer if -- as usually seems to be the pattern when such outcry gets too loud -- they returned to perfectly unhypocritical consistency by making every single one of their actions in line with their distasteful rhetoric? Slashdotters, take note.