Pomposity is not an especially venal form of bullshit, although it is by no means harmless. There are plenty of people who are daily victimized by pomposity in that they are made to feel less worthy than they have a right to feel by people who use fancy titles, words, phrases, and sentences to obscure their own insufficiency.
Pomposity is a form of bullshit. Its a corrupt form of bullshit. It could be harmless. Everyday someone is victimized by pomposity. Victims are made to feel less of themselves and compare themselves to people with fancy titles and words to cover up their own insecurities.
Therefore, the main point of this paragraph is to call bullshit no matter the type of bullshit. Pomposity is used daily so that others can feel good about themselves without having a guilty mind that they are the ones lacking knowledge. In other words, pomposity is used by people that feel superior to others and want to let people know that they are higher then you, but in actuality hiding the things they don't know. For example: When someone post a response to tax cuts online believes that his/her words are right using their fancy titles to cover up their insufficiency.
Superstition is ignorance presented in the cloak of authority. A superstition is a belief, usually expressed in authoritative terms for which there is no factual or scientific basis. Like, for instance, that the country in which you live is a finer place, all things considered, than other countries. Or that the religion into which you were born confers upon you some special standing with the cosmos that is denied other people. I will refrain from commenting further on that, except to say that when I hear such talk by own crap-detector achieves unparalleled spasms of activity.
Superstition is ones own belief that it presented by authority. Its a belief that is expressed with no facts or scientific evidence. It is a belief that you feel is the right way, when in actuality it isnt. For example believing your country is better than others.
Therefore, the main point of this paragraph is that superstitions is ones ignorance of their own belief. In other words, they believe that their superstition is the one and only way. It doesn't offer facts or evidence, just their belief. An example of superstition is, people believe that you should never have sex before marriage.
The purpose for this assignment is to identify different types of bullshit and what it may look like. The key question at the heart of this assignment is do you know how to identify and call out bullshit?
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