I stopped having "heroes" when I discovered that Roald Dahl - the author who made me want to be one, and heavily influenced how I write - had been a rather strong anti-Semite. :-/
Another thing I've come to realise about "the liberals" (not the whole population, of course, but the ones who have gotten involved in this sad affair), is that they've expertly managed to do more damage to themselves than the alt-righters did. After writing that the "right" didn't achieve more than reminding people that nobody's perfect, I thought "But they sort of did, because they got all those other Notable People to expose themselves as having double standards." But no, that wasn't really the alt-right (or whoever) achieving it. The Better People did that to themselves. For the "trolls" it was just some free bonus points.
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Date: 2018-07-30 01:32 pm (UTC)Another thing I've come to realise about "the liberals" (not the whole population, of course, but the ones who have gotten involved in this sad affair), is that they've expertly managed to do more damage to themselves than the alt-righters did. After writing that the "right" didn't achieve more than reminding people that nobody's perfect, I thought "But they sort of did, because they got all those other Notable People to expose themselves as having double standards." But no, that wasn't really the alt-right (or whoever) achieving it. The Better People did that to themselves. For the "trolls" it was just some free bonus points.