1. Baking.
Maybe part of this is selfish. Maybe part of it is just that I so enjoy the product of this pastime that I project saintly qualities upon the one who bakes. But that would suggest some form of error or imperfection on my part, and as the sole incorruptible standard of perfection within the blogosphere, we can safely dismiss these notions. Ergo, baking does in fact make you a better person. I think it's the fact that you can taste evil in baking, so those who make delicious treats have delicious souls... Eh, there's a better way to phrase that, but I'm not going to bother.
2. Being passionate (and well-informed) about something.
I included well-informed as an important caveat because I didn't want to include people who are, say, passionately racist, or people who take an absurdly extreme stance on an issue and don't really understand it.
But barring those, the people who feel strongly about something and then take the steps to educate themselves are, in my unbelievably vast world experience, better people for it. Even if I disagree entirely with their position. Which brings me to #3.
3. Understanding that a contrasting viewpoint does not vilify anybody.
Hello, internet. This is a good friend of mine named respectful disagreement. I have to assume that the two of you have never met because according to the Internet's general behavior, should you feel differently about something than I do, you are SATAN himself. But worse. You are SATAN swallowing Aleister Crowley and tongue-kissing Adolf Hitler while listening to Glenn Beck (see what I did there? It is funny because I am vilifying someone I disagree with even though I am saying you shouldn't do that). Now there, Internet. Isn't that a little excessive?
(For the record, Glenn Beck does the extreme "If you disagree with me you are trying to destroy America" thing, so I feel pretty confident that I am not shooting myself in the foot when I take a jab at him.)
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