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“To show resentment at reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.” Tacitus

People have many kinds of defense mechanisms. One of my own defense mechanisms is to put the blame for me not wanting to do something on my parents thinking it’s worthless. Tacitus is speaking of another defense mechanism. We often get mad when people notice that we did something wrong and thus our natural reaction is to show resentment. Humans are an extremely selfish animal and the very idea that we are not perfect is one that we do not want to knowledge, but love to point out in other people. It almost seems easier to yell at other people when we are wrong than take any kind of blame. We feel justified because they had the nerve to question our perfection. One of the greatest examples of blaming other people when they show we are wrong is in our government. Our presidency cannot even consider doing something poorly so they put the blame on anyone who says that they are. Maybe acknowledging our mistakes would help us all get along. (Please excuse the cheesiness of this sentence. Every once in a while the happy bunny side of me just jumps up and latches on to my paper)