More self-quoting...
Not doing that much original thinking of late, so you will have to settle for warmed-over leftover ruminations from long ago. Apologies, my reader.
Comporting oneself in a rational manner, even in the face of the most repulsive naked bloodcurdling stupidity, is the duty of the enlightened. Pointing a finger over the fence and crying "but he doesn't want to be rational" is no excuse; the price for all the gifts of wisdom given to the enlightened is to educate, to tolerate, and when all else fails, to endure.
Comporting oneself in a rational manner, even in the face of the most repulsive naked bloodcurdling stupidity, is the duty of the enlightened. Pointing a finger over the fence and crying "but he doesn't want to be rational" is no excuse; the price for all the gifts of wisdom given to the enlightened is to educate, to tolerate, and when all else fails, to endure.