Reviewing the Flips

To review:

Tough guys are cowardly
Patriots love tyrants
Flamboyant victims are coddled aristocrats
Homophobes are gay
Anti-racists are racist
Control freaks are incompetent
Bullies are terrified
Machos are sexually insecure
Smiley people are vindictive
The pompous/arrogant are dimwitted
The artsy are uncreative

Selfish people feel overly generous
Generous people feel overly selfish
You can be smart or you can feel smart, but never both

Secure heterosexuals don’t try to act flamboyantly heterosexual
Secure non-racists don’t try to act flamboyantly anti-racist
Genuine people don’t flamboyantly project genuineness
Honest people don’t flamboyantly project honesty
Kind people dont flamboyantly project kindness
Smart people don’t flamboyantly project intelligence

Great singers became singers because they wanted to sing, not because they wanted to be singers


...and a non-poseur’s bright equanimity is built atop reframed melancholy