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Dan Lacelle's avatar

It seems that "assholism" is a hereditary trait, if your parents are/were assholes odds are you are too.

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PaulaB's avatar

I do know some of the sweetest parents whose children are assholes and vice versa. But there is some truth to what you say.

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GRB's avatar

Not hereditary but an environment some children are raised in. Fortunately, even individual siblings within a family, will often chart their own path

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jf's avatar

Complexity , cognitive dissonance, the unknown - too difficult for many, unfortunately.

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PaulaB's avatar

I'm a 50 something yr old who goes to church, has a step-child who identifies as 'they/them' whom I love dearly as my own, and I choose not to be an asshole as much as possible. 😉 I also take the odd selfie myself.

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Marianne Donovan's avatar

I teach teenagers. It is very obvious who the future assholes will be—because they are being assholes right in front of me, and it’s unlikely they’ll be growing out of it by that point! Lol

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Barb D'Silva's avatar

Anyone can be an A-hole under certain circumstances. The key to this is "Try". Try not to be an A-Hole! Try to make good choices. Try to be kind to others and yourself! Trying is the key to a good life! Enjoy!!

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Donald G O'Connor's avatar

Could not agree more!!

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GRB's avatar

Often it seems many political strategists are encouraging & using the "all or nothing assholes" to forward their agendas.

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Sandy Razo's avatar

We have a former president who seemed to celebrate assholery. He wants to be president again. I pray it doesn’t happen. Our country will never be the same

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Debbie Molle's avatar

Choose the "not asshole"side - YES. Common sense journalism.

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Chris Couper's avatar

This is a great commentary of the zero-sum, scorched earth, approach to so many issues these days. The assumption that because you support X you also support ABC is such a lazy argument.

Also, you are the only person that has correctly used the term "boobs akimbo" in recent mammary.

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