a.) unintentionally satisfying the ridiculous demands of single-issue group
b.) fulfilling an obligation to look like a good person to your friends or the majority while simultaneously becoming worshipped by enemies or an ass-backwards minority
a.) By pardoning the turkey, the President enraptured PETA.
b.) Steve pardoned the turkey when he accidentaly invited his alcoholicex-girfriend to the New Years party.
Rob: Yes, but I drank too much and I upchucked all night long.
Betty: So did I!!! I was blowing lunch until two o'clock this morning.
Rob: I'm sure I swallowed some barf meat.
Betty: Did it taste good?
Rob: Hell NO, bitch! What kind of pervert do you think I am?
Betty: Oh, I don't think you're a pervert, dude. I only asked because the baloney sandwich I had for lunch yesterday tasted better when I was tossing the toenails earlier this morning.