We are, I think, dealing with that old problem of motivated cognition. As Gilovich says: “Conclusions a person does not want to believe are held to a higher standard than those they do.
That is only very vaguely related to what I was saying. I was essentially pointing out that even benign examples of double standards serve particular purposes that don’t always apply, and when they don’t, it’s best to get rid of the double standards.
I can at least agree that:
That is only very vaguely related to what I was saying. I was essentially pointing out that even benign examples of double standards serve particular purposes that don’t always apply, and when they don’t, it’s best to get rid of the double standards.