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The Asshole Totem Pole

Remember, though we have our own personal hierarchy of badness, there is no universal hierarchy; and I guarantee you someone out there ranks the worst thing you’ve done higher on the asshole totem pole than you do.

So if everyone’s “asshole totem poles” have different orders, how do we determine who’s worthy of public reprobate?

Let’s look at how the legal system treats this situation. When someone is put on trial, there is a reason why prior bad acts, prior convictions, and community reputation are usually excluded from the court room — no matter what type of bad act it might be. It’s because we’re all petty, indignant snobs who love being prejudicial against people, especially “bad people” to whom we feel superior. So, basically, no one’s worthy of such admonishment.

The law makes a point to say that you are not your worst mistake. To make for a fair and just judicial process, we clean the slate. That’s a great thing, because looking back at the awful, stupid things I’ve done, if those moments are what define me, I might throw myself in jail.

I have been friends with people who’ve been convicted of armed robbery, who’ve hit their spouse, who’ve had sexual assault charges brought against them, who’ve said things deemed racist by the internet (seemingly the pinnacle of badness mountain for many). But in my mind, they are not worthy of public reprobate, because I am too.

We all suck, and I can’t justify why my suck is better than others’. And I firmly believe we shouldn’t have a list posted outside the local courthouse with the worst thing everyone in the town’s ever done written on it.