Who am I to condemn anyone? It really doesn't acheive anything except make me feel superior about myself. It's kinda like wanking off I guess, which is another thing I do often.
But then we really shouldn't hate the people we condemn because it's through them that we make ourselves righteous.
I've been reading Anton Lavey's The Devils Notebook and in one of his essays he writes this:
Mankind's true saviors are not those who led exemplary lives, but those who have enabled man to pose as Good. Through the cause he provided against himself, Hitler enables countless millions to become righteous.
That's gave me food for thought.
The title of the essay in which he wrote this is "The Goodguy Badge." Marilyn Manson who was a friend of Lavey used the title of this essay in one of his songs called "Get your Gunn."
The chorus goes:
Pseudo-morals work real well
On the talk shows for the weak
selective judgement, goodguy badges
Don't mean a fuck to me


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