Contemporary Deceptions

If you do not talk, you are strange.

If you do talk, you are condemned.

If you have the wrong attitude, you are ostracized.

If you have the right attitude, you are a clone.

If you describe a state of affairs, you are paranoid.

If you go with the flow, you are a flake.

If you are young, you are inexperienced.

If you are old, you are behind the times.

If you are practical, you are not imaginative enough.

If you are brilliant, you are narrow-minded.

If you are an idiot, people will elect you president.