Taking a stance of being morally right in order to be viewed by your peers of being a good person, most people just use the moral high ground as an attempt to look good in an argument.
Person 1: "Michael J Fox can't use an Etch-A-Sketch because of Parkinson's."
Person 2: "Wow, that is so offensive."
Person 1: "Stop taking the moral high ground."
Person 2: "Wow, that is so offensive."
Person 1: "Stop taking the moral high ground."
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by Twistedtwistlers123 December 14, 2018
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If you really cared about the Middle East, you'd *know* the American news already reported that attack. Stop moral peacocking!
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The intense xenophobia behind the Trump Administration's efforts to stop migrants from Central America from entering the U.S. have actually increased the number of asylum seekers many times over from during the Obama Administration. It's an example of a "moral panic paradox" -- people are afraid the asylum laws will change so they need to immigrate now before that happens. Another moral panic paradox happens when gun-control advocates seek limits on the sale of assault rifles after a mass shooting. The result is increased sales of assault rifles because people feel they need to buy them now before the laws change.
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