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To the OP I can certainly appreciate what you were trying to point out to the people on this forum.
Being pirate and having dealt with most of these people for years I have learned an interesting dynamic when it comes to communities/societies/large groups. In societies there will always be a smaller group within the larger group that is deemed the "worst" of that group, these are the "scum" in the society.
These are the people that everyone can agree for the most part that they don't like. It doesn't even really matter if the reasons are principled or not, someone has to be the worst.
The problem that arises from this, at least it's a problem for those in the group considered the worst, is that there will be bad individuals from the larger group who's actions are far worse then those considered to be the scum. But because these bad people are not in the smaller group they're still not considered as bad as the "scum".
So basically what you have is the ability for anyone in the community to be as horrible as they want and still feel OK or justified with their actions because they can say "it's OK it's just one of those ________ people" or "at least I'm not as bad as one of those _________ scum bags".
Being pirate and having dealt with most of these people for years I have learned an interesting dynamic when it comes to communities/societies/large groups. In societies there will always be a smaller group within the larger group that is deemed the "worst" of that group, these are the "scum" in the society.
These are the people that everyone can agree for the most part that they don't like. It doesn't even really matter if the reasons are principled or not, someone has to be the worst.
The problem that arises from this, at least it's a problem for those in the group considered the worst, is that there will be bad individuals from the larger group who's actions are far worse then those considered to be the scum. But because these bad people are not in the smaller group they're still not considered as bad as the "scum".
So basically what you have is the ability for anyone in the community to be as horrible as they want and still feel OK or justified with their actions because they can say "it's OK it's just one of those ________ people" or "at least I'm not as bad as one of those _________ scum bags".