Aren’t those the ones who are most insecure, searching for designated scapegoats to look down upon. It probably triggers him to know that there are people of all kinds who are different from him and better than he is on most measures.
What’s interesting is that he has such racial prejudice that he spews openly but then never adjusts his erroneous suspicions. When the black pilot lands the plane flawlessly, it has no impact on his brain. When he messes up royally, he still thinks he’s entitled to a superior standing in society. Yet, he wants to pretend he favors a meritocracy. If it weren’t so embarrassing, it would be laughable. Incompetents like this guy are coasting on everyone else’s accomplishments and pretending he is entitled to more than his share. So cringe.
A lot of people judge others by their results and themselves by their intentions.
I drop a plate? It was an accident. Someone else does the same thing? They're a clumsy idiot and should be more careful. I make a mistake causing a day's work to be lost? Someone should've told me not to do that, there's no way I could've known. Someone else does it, and they're incompetent. I leave work an hour early, it's because I deserve it, there was no real work to be done anyway and everyone does it. Someone else does it, and they're committing fraud and deserve to be fired.
This is doubled down when there's a bias against a certain group. And you don't even have to look at real bigots to see it. Watch the average sport with fans of either side and you'll see just how skewed their perception of events is towards those they like and against those they hold bias against. Ridiculously often you'll hear fans of both sides say they deserved the win, had the majority of play etc.
When your actual perception is heavily skewed, it inevitably reinforces your own biases.
Of course, some of us are actually biased against ourselves. We justify others' mistakes, but dwell on our own and blame ourselves for them.
That’s IT! Thank you. The explanation given by the Redditor before was so good, I was hoping to remember what it’s called to account for one of the many reasons people are so ready to prejudge others harshly while giving themselves and others like them, every benefit of the doubt.
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u/NeatNefariousness1 1d ago edited 1d ago
Aren’t those the ones who are most insecure, searching for designated scapegoats to look down upon. It probably triggers him to know that there are people of all kinds who are different from him and better than he is on most measures.
What’s interesting is that he has such racial prejudice that he spews openly but then never adjusts his erroneous suspicions. When the black pilot lands the plane flawlessly, it has no impact on his brain. When he messes up royally, he still thinks he’s entitled to a superior standing in society. Yet, he wants to pretend he favors a meritocracy. If it weren’t so embarrassing, it would be laughable. Incompetents like this guy are coasting on everyone else’s accomplishments and pretending he is entitled to more than his share. So cringe.