eskimofry ,

They're only consistent for their own benefit.

Ralph Waldo Emerson:

" A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines."

His point was that only small-minded men refused to rethink their prior beliefs.

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