woofer: outstanding post; one that all of us can translate into many arenas, not just the political activism one. Every man[kind] has a pope in his belly. It's a rare individual that can suppress it. Virtually everyone seizes their perceived authority.
Those that allow their egos to rise and rule: equivocate, inveigle, obfuscate, and detour simple and great truths and become part of the problem, rather than part of the solution.
BTW, very effective analogy. Now don't go and get a swelled head on us. Snick! Snick!
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