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Rudolph T. Maceyko @cybercontradiction.org · 8d

This is based on observation, not pure conjecture. And I don’t think it’s a new way of looking at things. I just wish more people would realize that they are doing these things and that their judgements are fallible.

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Rudolph T. Maceyko @cybercontradiction.org · 8d

Along with this, some people rely way too much on their own sense of what is right and wrong to judge other people and to try to restrict their behavior.

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Rudolph T. Maceyko @cybercontradiction.org · 8d

Generalization and categorization are useful tools. But they are just tools. They do not represent absolute truth in a world of nuance and imperfection.

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Rudolph T. Maceyko @cybercontradiction.org · 8d

I think many people rely too much on generalization and categorization. They like to put labels on things (and people) then pretend that the labels are correct in some absolute sense.

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Rudolph T. Maceyko @cybercontradiction.org · 15d

4. Knowledge and Truth
a. Values knowledge.
b. Values truth.

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Rudolph T. Maceyko @cybercontradiction.org · 15d

3. Tolerance
a. Tolerates different opinions.
b. Tolerates different ways of life.

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Rudolph T. Maceyko @cybercontradiction.org · 15d

2. Social Context
a. Has in mind the best interests of everyone.
b. Gives people the benefit of the doubt.

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Rudolph T. Maceyko @cybercontradiction.org · 15d

1. Generalization
a. Avoids sweeping generalizations about people.
b. Avoids identifying people by their political affiliation.

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Rudolph T. Maceyko @cybercontradiction.org · 15d

I want to be known as someone who does all of the following in my interactions with my fellow humans. How about you?

To the extent that I haven't done these things, I will endeavor to do so now and in the future.

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Rudolph T. Maceyko @cybercontradiction.org · 18d

10-4 good buddy, what’s your 10-20?

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Rudolph T. Maceyko @cybercontradiction.org · 25d

But you’re not helping. Why is that?

Rudolph T. Maceyko @cybercontradiction.org · 25d

You reach down, you flip the tortoise over on its back. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can’t, not without your help.

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Rudolph T. Maceyko @cybercontradiction.org · 25d

You’re in a desert walking along in the sand when all of the sudden you look down, and you see a tortoise. It’s crawling toward you.

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Rudolph T. Maceyko @cybercontradiction.org · Sep 14

And yet MAGA supporters eat up the rhetoric that the radical left are the problem and now the rest of the left is sowing hate and divisiveness for merely describing what these figures on the right are doing.

Rudolph T. Maceyko @cybercontradiction.org · Sep 14

MAGA supporters fail to see how hateful their president, his administration, and their congresscritters are. They fail to see how hateful their news media are. They fail to see how hateful their influencers are.

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Rudolph T. Maceyko @cybercontradiction.org · Sep 12

Fourth, why is it that some people immediately jumped to the conclusion that the shooter of Charlie Kirk must have been from the left, when statistics suggested it wouldn’t be because those shooters are almost always far right?

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Rudolph T. Maceyko @cybercontradiction.org · Sep 12

Third, why is it that our government reacts more Intensely when a conservative personality speaker is killed than when a member of Congress (a Democrat) is killed?

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Rudolph T. Maceyko @cybercontradiction.org · Sep 12

Second, who celebrates when our military blows up a vessel that is merely suspected of carrying drugs, killing everyone aboard?

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Rudolph T. Maceyko @cybercontradiction.org · Sep 12

First, there’s more to the US population than “left” and “right” and even within those groups there is a diversity of opinions. I see most “left” leaning posts saying things like “no one deserves to be shot.”

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Rudolph T. Maceyko @cybercontradiction.org · Sep 12

Do you believe it’s true that the left celebrates death (referring to Charlie Kirk) while the right does not? I’ve read this claim on posts by one of my Facebook contacts. I don’t believe this is a correct statement at all. It’s just more divisive the-other-side-is-bad nonsense.

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Rudolph T. Maceyko @cybercontradiction.org · Sep 6

DC Bike Ride (and after)

Cyclist selfie with intersection and Washington Monument in the background

Bike in the middle of the 395 bridge with the Jefferson Memorial in the distance

Rudolph T. Maceyko @cybercontradiction.org · Sep 6

Before the DC Bike Ride

Cyclist with thumb up sign on the way to the DC Bike Ride

Cyclist with other cyclists behind him getting ready for the DC Bike Ride

Rudolph T. Maceyko @cybercontradiction.org · Sep 1

This year there were 22 donations totaling $936. Everything’s up from last year (including my mileage) when there were 16 donations totaling $711.

Thanks again for helping me support a very worthy cause!

Rudolph T. Maceyko @cybercontradiction.org · Sep 1

This year’s Bike 300 Miles in August for the American Cancer Society has come to a close. I really appreciate everyone who donated. I don’t see a dime of that but I did receive this spiffy medal.

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Rudolph T. Maceyko @cybercontradiction.org · Sep 1

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