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 No?

Should I perform mental gymnastics when coming up with my standards for an ideal human so that I happen to always meet them as I am at that moment?

Shouldn't a standard apply to everyone equally, and not hold back even when judging its creator?

Can you name any circumstances where you might judge Americans similarly to how I say that I do? 
 So the standard that people should meet is "ideal human"?

I don't judge the American people as a blob the same way I might for example judge the American govt.