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I wasn't referring to this thread. I was referring to life in general. If you expect one thing and the opposite happens, this causes intense frustration. This applies to personal relationships more so than politics but it does still apply. It's better to align your expectations with reality as much as possible.
It is an aggravating life when you believe, "She should do this. He should do that. They shouldn't do that. Once you realize that humans will behave inappropriately at times you can minimize your frustration. All 7 billion people on this earth are not going to study your list of shoulds and shouldn'ts. Even if they did, they may forget from time to time.
The moral of the story. Sometimes people will do bad stuff. Sometimes people will do good stuff. Expect it.
Yes, this includes politicians. Sometimes they do good stuff. Sometimes they do bad stuff.
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You're doing some weird thing where any opposition to literally any idea can be dismissed with "what, sometimes people believe things you don't and do things you don't like. Get over it."
It's a bastardized version of the idea that we should respect anyone's beliefs. To crib from Patton Oswalt, no you ****ing shouldn't. You acknowledge that other people are ****ty, and then you get in their face and say that's ****ty, and you're ****ty.
Because that's the only way ****ty people become less ****ty. Sometimes it doesn't work, but sometimes it does.
Other people will do stupid things for stupid reasons, but you know what? I'm going to tell them they're doing stupid things for stupid reasons. Deal with it.