Hoist the Double Standard Again or Painting for dummies.

     So there has been a shooting where armed men in bulletproof vests fired at a group of Black Lives Matters protesters.  Now all the details aren't in yet and with cries of White Supremacists and a marvelous conspiracy theory running around that the shooters were actually undercover cops, I am actually going to wait to through in on the good/bad in this situation.  (One video purporting to be of BLM people there seems to say that the shooters were chased from the scene and attacked and then opened fire, but like I said actual facts are still coming in.
     What I am going to comment on are the ever so predictable "All BLM members are terrorists!" bs running around.  Because a small number of BLM protestors have made comments such as "Pigs in the blanket, burn em all up!"  and one BLM member may have shot an police officer, the White Logic(TM) seems to be that ALL BLM members are terrorists and out to kill cops.  Course, we shouldn't be surprised.  After all these are the same people that say all Muslims are terrorists because of the actions of a few so like I said predictable.  
     Now what's so durned knee slapping funny is these are the same people who say "Well you can't judge all gun owners for the actions of a small number of murderers"  or "You can't blame White people" when a white man goes into a church and shoots and kills a bunch of Black people.  It is a classic case of the old double standard.
     In the classic case of US vs THEM (Pick any us or any them, it will apply.  Trust me!) the double standard always flies high, especially when it is a volatile and controversial idea.  You will always find the US condemning the THEM for acts of not niceness while doing everything they can to make sure that all of their fellow US aren't painted with a broad brush as well.
   Fer example, Terrorism!  US loves to show all of the horrors committed by THEM, such as bombing innocents or gunning down whole groups of US.   By US standards, all of THEM are indeed terrorists of the worst sort because a small number of THEM have done bad things.  Now spin around and THEM accuses US of being terrorists because we fly armed drones into hospitals or homes or neighborhoods in the blind hope of possibly killing one THEM.  In the process, US kills hundreds and hundreds of THEM who's only crime was being in the place being bombed.  But US aren't terrorists, no no no!  US is waging a war on terror so US cannot possibly be terrorists.
    That is just one example.  There are many more out there.  Don't even get me started on politics where OUR party is all okay even the idiots, but THEIR party is completely corrupted and evil and out to destroy the country.  GAWDBLESSMERRICA!  OORAH!  
     Something in the human nature seems to force this blind, adversarial mindset where if people aren't part of your little group then they must be the bad guys.  Or even better, if some of a group (as long as it isn't your group of course) do something bad then all of said group must be bad too.  We can't seem to help it.  Bad wiring maybe?
     People say that all cops aren't bad because some cops commit horrible acts of violence against Blacks.  Then they turn around and say that all members of BLM are bad because some might be bad.  That is the highest I have ever seen the Double Standard flown and I have seen it flown pretty durned high.  So just remember, if you want to paint all of a group with broad strokes don't come whining back when someone else hits you with a spray painter.  Just saying.