DOUBLE
STANDARD
One rule for some. Another rule for others.
Standard A

The same rain

Standard B

grows flowers and floods basements

Standard A

Courage in one story

Standard B

Recklessness in another

Standard A

Conviction is admirable

Standard B

Stubbornness is insufferable

The evidence is the same. The verdict is not.
Standard A

When we do it,
it is strategy

Standard B

When they do it,
it is manipulation

Standard A

Tradition is the foundation
of who we are

Standard B

Tradition is the obstacle
to who we could be

Standard A

Passionate

Standard B

Emotional

Consistency is a luxury of the uninvolved.
Standard A

A leader who listens
is wise

Standard B

A leader who listens
is indecisive

Standard A

Efficiency is doing
things right

Standard B

Effectiveness is doing
the right things

Standard A

Freedom of speech

Standard B

Dangerous rhetoric

Standard A

Innovation requires
breaking rules

Standard B

Disruption is just
chaos rebranded

We forgive in ourselves what we condemn in others.
Standard A

Precision is a virtue
when it serves us

Standard B

Pedantry is a vice
when it challenges us

Standard A

Skepticism protects
the truth

Standard B

Cynicism corrodes
the truth

Every standard is double
if you look from both sides.