Letters to the Editor
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What's the beef, sir?
I dunno about all of this psychological mumbo-jumbo that Cary's sez is in play here...but frankly, if someone has friends that bitch and moan about their financial woes, or their philandering affairs with married men or women, then the LW should be honest about here thoughts...it may piss off the people in question, but if they are going to throw that shit out on the table, then they need to be called to the mat on it, especially if it's from something of their own doing.
It's like reading the Bible about "do unto others" and all that jazz, then seeing Jesus's "fanclub" passing judgement on everything considered taboo or negative in society...and then acting on it by passing legislation to regulate societies woes (which kinda violates the "render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's" bit, the clearest expression for the separation of church and state in the Bible you'll ever need...but what do I know, obviously not as much as "they" do?). It's a complete contradiction.
Same thing here...people hang out their dirty laundry, then expect you to be empathetic because it's supposedly not right or impolite to pass judgement. Well, you can't have your cake and eat it too, goddamnit.
If the LW is just passing judgement on every damn thing outside of the house, then other issues are at play here. But we all have a certain collective sense of what's right and what's wrong (no, Cha-ka, stealing water from the Marshalls is bad...). So the LW shouldn't have to pander to other folks if they are CLEARLY doing something negative with their lives.