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Bernardo de La Paz

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8. Purism leads to powerlessness. The perfect is the enemy of the good. What-about-ism suffocation.
Wed Aug 15, 2018, 08:51 PM
Aug 2018

Everytime somebody says something good or does something good, there is always a naysayer who pops up and says "What about this awful thing that happened? They are forever tainted and I won't listen and they can do no good. Cover my ears. La-la-la-la-la"

Such what-about-ism is the suffocation and strangulation of important messages that need to be heard, such as the OP editorial.

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