I hear the pot talking to the kettle, over and over and over and over again.
Matthew 7:3
"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?"
I'll tell you why Jesus..
Hypocrisy is irrelevant when assessing the validity of an argument.
If we are attempting to determine if there is something in Monroe's eye. The plank in my eye is not relevant.
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b2nc,
Who between Monroe and myself do you believe to be the kettle? I'll assume your stake is in Monroe the kettle.
After all, the kettle is supposed to have the metallic finish and the pot is the cooking utility living in denial.
"Pot, kettle, black" is not a break even allegation.
Whatever you're ingesting, you oughta cut it down.
Quoting the bible--please don't tell me that you're one of the Religious Right who allow no viewpoint other than their own.
I can't even figure out what you're trying to say above. When I get fringe, it's intentional and with whimsy. When you do it....it's frightening.
Allow me to elaborate then.
I currently have a working hypothesis that a reasonable person on this board may conclude we both are delusional (That's not my personable belief; but I can see how reasonable people who take a glance sporadically at our posts with no real intention of reading to comprehend may conclude that). I don't believe a reasonable person can conclude that you are not delusional and I am delusional.
Therefore, I addressed b2nc's comment, which can be taken 1 of 2 ways.
Way #1:
b2nc was calling me a hypocrite.
"Pot, Kettle, Black" labels the pot a hypocrite. The pot does not realize or does not acknowledge that he himself is black.
Religion aside, that quote is from the best selling book in human history. And it addresses hypocrisy in the way I feel most people, including b2nc would address hypocrisy.
b2nc may have been calling me out for crimes I'm alleging you of committing. But as I respond to Jesus' quote from the Bible, hypocrisy is irrelevant. If we are to determine if you, Monroe, are making yet another logically invalid statement. My allegedly logically invalid statements are irrelevant. It's irrelevant that I may potentially be a hypocrite.
Way #2:
b2nc was calling me delusional, but not calling you delusional.
A common mis-conception nowadays with "Pot, Kettle, Black" is that the pot and kettle are both black.
The kettle is not black. The kettle has a shiny reflection (copper or steel) and therefore when pot looks at the kettle, the pot sees their own reflection and concludes the kettle is also black. This is a delusion.
So I addressed Way #2 as well.
In conclusion:
b2nc, do you think Monroe is the kettle? Am I the kettle? Or were you just operating under the common misconception of "Pot, Kettle, Black"?