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Originally Posted by Charlatan
How long before the animosity growing there leaks into here? While it has been "interesting" to see certain people's true colours shining through, it is also disheartening.
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Just to mention, I don't think that a snap shot of someone at their worst behavior (or at least a behavior that the perceiver deplores, "worst behavior" being fairly subjective) is necessarily a glimpse of their truest colors.
Its funny, I was just thinking about this recently in a completely different environment.
But say you happen to find out someone you are friends with did something you think is awful. If that is a non-repeated behavior, it doesn't define their whole being, and I don't think it should be viewed as a snapshot of their complete essence in a nutshell.
Just because someone has lied, for instance (and we all have), doesn't mean it's correct to categorize them as a "Liar". In that case, we are all liars, and I believe that would be a pretty 1-dimensional way to evaluate people. However, if they lie all the time and never change that behavior, then yes, I think it would be accurate to consider them as "A Liar".