What are some contradictions or hypocrisies you know you partake in?

I consider myself a huge liberal/democrat etc.

But I love guns lol.

I am a green party voter, and I am for pipelines.

I am from Alberta, and I would vote for the Block Quebec party if they ran candidates outside of Quebec.

I eat meat, but often It’s not sourced from perfectly humane producers. I’m also pretty confident that eating meat is amoral from a philosophical perspective when acceptable alternatives exist. But it’s so damn delicious…

I tell everyone the importance of reaching out when you are struggling, and to not stuff down all the bad feelings. I advocate for therapy.

I never talk about my feelings in real life, I stuff everything down, and for the first time in my life I am willingly getting help from a therapist, rather than it being forced.

I just saw a meme on FB that summed me up. It was concerning not being able to watch a movie where the animal dies but yet watching true crime and serial killer documentaries for fun.

I love animals and hate when they suffer, but also I hate commercials that raise funds for suffering animals.

@JLeslie I agree with you about cheese, melted vs. cold. I like cheese on some sandwiches (i.e. ham and cheese) and chopped up on top of salad, and I like it melted on pizza and Italian foods, but not melted on top of meat like cheeseburgers or Philly cheese steak. I say hold the cheese on a burger, and Philly cheese steak is very unappealing to me.

I am a hard skeptic atheist but I am a firm believer in Oliver’s Woofing Theorem.

What is that? I googled it and I got woofing during sports events?

Nevermind I understand. I thought his name was Oliver Woofing. Thought it was dog woofing.

But isn’t that superstition, not religion?

@gorillapaws and I can talk about the morality of vegetarianism while tucking into our roast beef and Yorkshire pudding. I like to say I’m a non-practicing vegetarian.

@Blackberry That’s one of the my least favorite features of political labels and binary US parties: there is no reason why a notion like “liberal” should determine a person’s opinion on any particular issue.

Especially with issues that really have very literal to do with the label. In the case you mentioned (gun rights) there’s no particular reason why that should correspond to a political leaning or a party (except where something like the NRA gets involved, or a party tries to make it a pet issue).

We’re supposed to be able to discuss and decide issues on their merits, and labels and parties interfere with that, and in this case can even induce someone to consider themself hypocritical, when really it’s just a US association with meaningless labels and notions of identity.

@MakeItSo1701 It’s not superstition. It’s proven fact. Thou Shalt Not Anger the Woofing Gods. Thus sayeth the prophet Oliver.

@gorillapaws I’m similar on the meat front, plus it would be much healthier for me to be vegan, but I’ve never stuck with it for any length of time.

Another vote for meat-eating. I eat beef, pork, chicken and fish. But I couldn’t kill a mammal or bird with my hands unless for survival. I fish but sometimes I stop because I’m torturing them.

Same. I’m a meat eater who hates the idea that animals have to die for me to eat them. I actually didn’t like meat at all as a kid but after becoming anemic, I had to learn to eat liver and from there, I just developed a love of meat.
I also try to eat as healthy as possible, but I make exceptions for certain sweets, like Devil Dogs.

^^ Devil Dogs!! My mom sent those in my lunchbox for school. Still love them, and Ding Dongs!

I know exercising is healthy, but I am a recliner potato.

I’m supposedly an adult but I watch various cartoons.

@smudges Who doesn’t like cartoons?

^^ Well since I’m guessing you do, I’ll work on not being embarrassed anymore. There’s an R-rated one on Netflix called Big Mouth that’s pretty funny. (I don’t know if it’s actually R-rated, but some parts should be X) I also love Family Guy and Alvin and the Chipmunks. :D

I love Bob’s Burgers.

@Caravanfan I don’t like most cartoons.

@YARNLADY Not even Bugs Bunny?