#SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS

[cata613]

Upon the murder of the six Israeli hostages, I say from the bottom of my heart to all of those who excused this,

Fuck you.

[ksjanes]

Stand on the side of understanding. Just as firmly as others pick one side, chose to remain here viewing both sides. Finding understanding and openness of many views. Self-righteousness plants the seeds of bitterness, hostility and sadness. Where understanding cultivates sweetness, kindness, and growth. Instead of being on a side of the fence, be on the fence. There are many views, does one view have to be the right and only view?

K.S. Janes

[soulinkpoetry]

Don’t raise your nose up so high where you can’t see anything below it.

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[slaras-world]

Pleasure, passion, priority, perfection 👌

[i-am-trans-gwender]

The most annoying type of Tumblr user

[goobtacular]

One thing I'm worried about, in terms of our generation, that is Gen Z, is we're quite similar to the boomers.

They were a fiercely moralistic generation, at least in the west, for a lot of reasons, which are up to speculation. But they sorta crawled up their own asshole in a way I'm worried we'll imitate. Obviously, this is a broad generalization but boomers seem to have this sort of ignorant self-righteous air about them, and it's fairly obvious how that formed. They were the social activists when they were young, they were the good guys, the progressives and they got complacent. They got used to feeling morally superior and perhaps for a time they were. But they placed themselves on a pedestal and it seems they got stuck there.

I just see that arrogance in us, and right now it's not really a problem for me cause I largely agree with what we're saying, but eventually, the tides will change on us. Whether it's Gen Alpha or Beta or Ceta it doesn't really matter, if we do our jobs right, and create a better world, they will surpass us. Arguably we have a duty to be surpassed. But we can do so with grace. Gen X has so far been pretty good about keeping up with the times, they're younger than the boomers to be fair, but credit where credit is due. I'd theorize that's because, for better or worse, Gen X was pretty ignored and they gained no glory for their workings. They didn't get a pedestal to get off of. We can learn from them, keep an open mind and have the humility to accept when we're wrong. That's all we need to do to avoid an ignoble end.

We all, each of us, have a madness at the end of our philosophies, one which we'd dive headfirst into. It is our solemn duty to prevent such, at any cost

[the-lady-of-the-labyrinth]

Listening to you little pishers one would think that no one had ever tried peace in the Middle East before, like it’s something you just thought of, as though Israelis haven’t been working hard at this for decades. No, it’s much easier to believe that they’re warlike monsters who like nothing more than a bit of genocide in the morning.

I’m not saying that Israel is perfect – far from it – or that the IDF doesn’t have its share of bad apples. I simply challenge you to find one army that doesn’t, or one country that is. I ask you to look at some of the other nations in the region and tell me yeah, that’s a place I’d like to live. But no, Israel is held to much higher standard than the rest of the world, and even if they become better than all the rest, it still won’t be enough. It will never be enough so long as they still exist.

Speaking of double standards, it’s funny how you get all over people who say they aren’t racist despite the racialized community telling them otherwise. You always said that groups are entitled to define the boundaries of their own identity and decide for themselves what is and isn’t considered hatred towards them. Every group except… you guessed it (are you really going to make me say it?) Even more, if any one of us dare challenge a single line of your orthodoxy, you take it as an invitation to threaten and intimidate us in the worst ways you can think of.

My dear left wingers, we’ve stood side by side for so long. We got through the Trump presidency and all manners of horrors. Why do you abandon us now? Because we won’t stand for your dehumanization of Israelis or stand idly by while your thoughtless words and mindless chants stoke the flames of antisemitism here at home? It’s seems to me that you really don’t care, and maybe you think we deserve it for having the tenacity to say “maybe that solider was trying to help that child, not murder them”.

These are scary times for all Jews everywhere. If you can’t even feign to care, or if you react with hostility for being called out for not being kind, don’t you dare call yourselves allies. I don’t want to hear any of you ever say how if you were alive during WWII that you would have given shelter to the Jews, because you couldn’t be further from the truth. We are right here, hiding in plain sight, pleading with you to bring it down a few notches, but you refuse to see. Our existence threatens your sense of self-righteousness and outrage.

I refuse to beg for your understanding anymore. If you want to block me, please do me that favour. Honestly, Tumblr has been a much nicer and saner place since you all dropped off my timeline. I’ve learned more about antisemitism in the past seven weeks than in all my life prior. It’s been eye-opening, to say the least, so I might as well thank you for helping me understand what it truly means to be Jewish… but on second thought, no. You can all go f*** yourselves.

[stars8tay]

i paint my nails black, i dye my hair a darker shade of brown

[meganspublished]

x

[tabernacleheart]

Jesus Christ had nothing to say to the self-righteous. He left them to rot in their own conceit, He boycotted them, He would not deign to speak to them; for they did not realise their need of Him, and until need is realised prayer is impossible. 

Joseph Parker

[unfamiliarize]

We keep delaying adulthood in our culture. People are doing adult activities later and later in life, taking on less and less responsibility, serving less, helping other people less. Why? Because our whole life has begun to revolve around getting our life together. You getting your life together, me getting my life together. It shrinks your life down to being all about you. This message is too small for our souls. And while it begins in a really beautiful place, and it sounds like really good news, like “Oh I can be the shepherd of my own life,” can we really do it? The secular gospel leaves me feeling like an aimless sheep, trying to shepherd my own life and failing miserably. I see this mentality turn more people into cynical, fatalistic types of people where they just believe there’s no better reality out there, there’s nothing but meandering around like lost sheep on this earth until we die.

[songbird-swordlily-blog]

Some of the fucking responses to this post indicate to me, as ever, that some people simply cannot go without "winning" every goddamn interaction they have. Grow up, lmao.

[soulinkpoetry]

Some people would rather stop talking to you than admit they were wrong. Let them go. It’s their loss.

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[malkahpariyz]

I said this before and I’m going to say it again.

Only disrespectful people think your self respect is disrespectful to them.

If you stand your ground, tell the truth, set a boundary, implement self preservation, or the protection of your own energy by telling people to correct theirs & somebody gets upset? That’s someone who is only mad that you refuse to let them do and say whatever they please around you or to you.

There is nothing wrong with telling someone “hey I know dude, you need to calm down, I get it” “you gotta stop making assumptions of me that you’re clearly making” or “with all due respect you’re not entitled to my time or energy”

Even if you say it playfully or assertively or cursed in the sentence (not at them per se but in colorful language fr or just thinking they were a friend you can be transparent with or be yourself with)… it’s still not disrespectful. Because all you were doing is standing up for yourself and your energy that needed protection. You should not have to walk on eggshells waiting for every word you say to be demonized into something it’s not... If you’re doing that in any relationship, it’s totally not for you.

It’s not your job to cradle someone’s fragility. Especially when you’ve already been graceful. It’s not your job to accommodate people’s lack of respect and consideration for others, or endure their narcissism. Especially when you’re only telling the truth and setting boundaries. No matter if you sugar coated it or not.

I can’t say it enough. Be careful who you spend time speaking to or hanging with. So many people out here are energy leeches and have zero intent of being genuine. As soon as they’ve used up their favor coupons you’ve gave them, they’re leaving. The moment they cannot do and say whatever they please to you or use you how they have intended to; they will leave and gaslight you in the process, tricking you into thinking it’s all your fault they left… when you did nothing and actually did a lot for them and gave them love while knowing them. Even in a short period of time did more for them than anyone else would have. Even their close friends and family 🤷🏽‍♀️

But all I know is. God is drawing near to those who love selflessly and shamelessly and give without remorse…

And when users exit the chat, you won babe.

- The Modest Blog | Paris Dior

[freedomxfire]

Before you confront anyone:

1) No one agrees that they are a bad person (and if they do then they are either just terribly broken and in desperate need of love or emotionally manipulating you.) If you go into a confrontation in which you have already judged the person guilty of a wrong (and are thus confronting them with their guilt), you are essentially declaring them a bad person. No matter how you phrase it, the other person will hear, “You did this, so you are bad.”

No one agrees that they are a bad person. Thus, you will not win or get what you want.

2) If you accuse the other person of doing something wrong, you are behaving self-righteously and thus are also wrong.

All anger and accusations is rooted in self-righteousness. Even when you think you are angry for “just” causes, you are still at root believing that YOU know better about something. It doesn’t matter how many people agree with you. They’re self-righteous too. Because not all 8 billion people on the planet agree with you, so someone has to know better, right?

Thinking you know better is self-righteousness, and it is the source of all division.

Unity is everyone truthfully confessing that they don’t know better - no one does. No one has this thing called life or all of its fucked-up-ness figured out.

3) If you go into an argument/confrontation/discussion expecting apologies and humble confessions of wrongdoing, you’d better be prepared to offer the same, because all relationships and situations are a two way street (or a multi-way intersection.)

If you’re not ready or willing to offer those, you’re self-righteous and you lose (see point two) and you have no right to expect them from anyone else.

4) If you weren’t there, you don’t get to make claims about what happened.

5) If the action wasn’t directed toward you, you don’t get to speak for the person it was directed to. No one can accurately and 100% truthfully or fairly represent someone else’s thoughts and feelings.

6) If the only impact of someone’s actions was that it hurt your feelings or offended you, that’s a personal problem and not the other person’s responsibility. No one can control another person’s feelings, no one can appease 8 billion people so why should they spend their time trying to appease YOU. Refer to point 2 about self-righteousness, and also look up entitlement.

7) The only people who are entitled to anything from anyone is someone who worked their freaking asses off or gave a heck of a lot of financial support or donation or time trying to help. And what they’re entitled to is respect, kindness, and consideration from the people they did it for. So if you didn’t do those for the people you’re confronting, they don’t owe you anything. You’re not entitled to anything. Especially if you go into the conversation like a self-righteous son of a - .

8) You don’t get to judge another person’s actions if you haven’t walked their ENTIRE LIVES in their shoes. Because every single bit of their life informed or led to what they did and you will never know what that includes.

Now, reconsider very carefully if you have any rightful legs to stand on for what you thought you were going to say.

Here’s what you CAN DO:

1) You can talk to someone who you ALREADY have an established and close relationship with or who DOES owe you respect and consideration when they hurt your feelings or offend you or fail to give you what they do rightfully owe you.

2) You can tell people when their actions had a specific and measurable negative impact on your life (bring as many receipts as possible.)

3) You can inform people of your boundaries.

[reformedontheweb]

The Wednesday Word: No Other Hope

In Luke 18:9-14 Jesus spoke a parable to people who were self-righteous and who, because of their imagined righteousness, looked down on others. (See verse 9). Here’s what the Master said. “Two men went up to the Temple to pray. One was a Pharisee, the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘O God, I thank thee that I am not as other men, extortioners, unjust,…