the agreeable idiot

This is a short post as I do not intend to call anyone out and this is not really about a specific person or incident.  It's just something that gives a hint to what's important to me.

Possibly the thing that annoys me more than anything else is when I find that I agree with someone and that someone is either obnoxious or an idiot.  When it happens in matters like politics or philosophy it makes me feel equally unpleasant or stupid.  When it happens in matters of faith my core is rocked in a way that few things can affect me.  I typically feel a bit betrayed in that moment.

I know I am being hypocritical because I have been obnoxious and I have been stupid many times throughout my life.  I am sure I have made many, many people cringe and feel intellectually betrayed throughout my life.  Even so, these situations bother me deeply when they happen to me.

So, if everyone could decide to disagree with me when they are feeling particularly unpleasant or unwise, that would be great.  I'll do my best to disagree with you when I sense I'm coming across as belligerent and unintelligent, and we'll call things even.