Or that modern proverb about the bartender not serving kicking out the respectful skinhead. In summary, if you let one in, next time he'll bring his 2 buddies and they'll behave. Then a week later you turn around and your a nazi bar.

I have a pretty easy litmus test for people. If you want your personal beliefs to become law and force other people to live your values, it's simple. I think you're a monster. End of story. The basic do whatever you want as long as you don't hurt anyone is really all we need. If you can't eat pork, don't live on a pig farm, but if you can't control yourself then your failings are between you, your conscience and your god and nobody has fuck-all to do with any of that. I have personal beliefs I think would make for terrible policy. I thought everyone had that, or could recognize that but holy shit was I giving some ppl way too much credit. I can't tell you how many grown ass adults, living on their own for decades, I've had to look dead in the eye and say that just bc you thought something doesn't mean it means shit. Your thoughts aren't holy, aren't a revelation from some esoteric being, and they aren't a conduit or embodiment of the divine. At least a dozen people who've never even considered the alternative. It still stuns me, as much as it disgusts me.

It's like too many people think that because the boomers got away with acting despicable (and they we're collectively lead poisoned and essentially stopped emotionally maturing at 14) that that's the norm and now it's their turn. And yea, nope. Strike that thought from your brain. Act right or GTFO. Most of Gen X, almost all of Millennials and a larger chunk of GenZ haven't turned conservative upon getting older. If anything I've swung harder left. We outnumber them.