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Back to [[GreyAndGreyInsanity the main page]] which is ''definitely'' a nuanced, morally ambiguous, and overall very interesting article with no strong opinions one way or the other!

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Back to [[GreyAndGreyInsanity the main page]] which is ''definitely'' a nuanced, morally ambiguous, and overall very interesting article with no strong opinions one way or the other!other! And if you disagree with me, I'll kill you, and then give a billion bucks to your family as charity before killing them too!
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* '''Discussed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???"What the actual fuck is Bob even talking about? There are ''clearly'' people who act and have motivations that are ''clearly'' black and white. Sure, there may be some morally grey people here and there, but it's ''some'' people, not the whole goddamn planet!"

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* '''Downplayed''': Bob has a mental disorder and doesn't understand that it's not always the case that BothSidesHaveAPoint.

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Bob has a mental disorder and doesn't understand that it's not always the case that BothSidesHaveAPoint.BothSidesHaveAPoint.
** Bob is often correct about the moral nuances of the world, but he fails to acknowledge the unambiguously good and evil factions that do exist.



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* '''Invoked''': ???Emperor Evulz makes a phony NotSoDifferentRemark to make Bob think that BothSidesHaveAPoint when the Emperor is genuinely evil.
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* '''Parodied''': One side of the conflict wants any and all tensions quelled and for everyone to live in harmony. The other side [[OmnicidalManiac wants to bring about a]] ''[[ApocalypseHow/ClassZ Class Z-4]]'' apocalypse. Bob ''still'' believes that BothSidesHaveAPoint.

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* '''Parodied''': One side of the conflict wants any and all tensions quelled and for everyone to live in harmony. The other side [[OmnicidalManiac wants to bring about a]] ''[[ApocalypseHow/ClassZ Class Z-4]]'' apocalypse.apocalypse for no good reason at all. Bob ''still'' believes that BothSidesHaveAPoint.



* '''Enforced''': There's already BlackAndWhiteInsanity, so they might as well add GreyAndGrayInsanity here. Plus, it functions as a perfectly good strawman for those that think that being grey all the time is ideal.

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* '''Enforced''': There's already BlackAndWhiteInsanity, so they might as well add GreyAndGrayInsanity here. Plus, it functions as a perfectly good strawman for those that think that being grey all the time is ideal.ideal and use the GoldenMeanFallacy and ride it to the banks.
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* '''Enforced''': ???There's already BlackAndWhiteInsanity, so they might as well add GreyAndGrayInsanity here. Plus, it functions as a perfectly good strawman for those that think that being grey all the time is ideal.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character gets so caught up in the moral nuances they're utterly unable to see unambiguous Right ''or'' Wrong.
* '''Straight''': Bob upholds a [[GreyAndGrayMorality grey and gray worldview]], and is mentally unstable.
* '''Exaggerated''': No matter ''how'' unambiguously right or wrong an action and its motivation may be, Bob ''still'' believes that good things are done with bad intentions and vice versa.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob has a mental disorder and doesn't understand that it's not always the case that BothSidesHaveAPoint.
* '''Justified''': Bob had gone through a grey and gray adventure that made him believe that it's ''never'' black and white, even when it sometimes ''is''.
* '''Inverted''': [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity Bob claims that everything is black and white, even though there's explicitly only grey actions and motivations throughout the story]]. He's labelled as insane.
* '''Subverted''': [[TheCloudCuckoolanderWasRight Bob is actually]] ''[[TheCloudCuckoolanderWasRight correct]]'' [[TheCloudCuckoolanderWasRight in his assertions]]; morality really is that ambiguous.
* '''Double Subverted''': Until [[CompleteMonster Em]][[HateSink pe]][[ObviouslyEvil ror]] [[BigBad Evulz]] and [[BigGood Troperia]] show up; Two ''very decisively'' black and white (respectively) characters.
* '''Parodied''': One side of the conflict wants any and all tensions quelled and for everyone to live in harmony. The other side [[OmnicidalManiac wants to bring about a]] ''[[ApocalypseHow/ClassZ Class Z-4]]'' apocalypse. Bob ''still'' believes that BothSidesHaveAPoint.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Bob initially believes that GreyAndGrayMorality is the rule of the land, but, [[CharacterDevelopment later on in the story]], he TookALevelInIdealism and now believes that morality is [[WhiteAndGreyMorality white-and-grey]], or he TookALevelInCynic and believes that morality is [[BlackAndGreyMorality black-and-grey]].
* '''Averted''': Bob is actually quite sane.
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* '''Lampshaded''': "Sure, Bob is trying to be realistic; Props for that. However, he has to understand that not ''everything'' is grey and gray, for there are those who are clear cut in one way or the other."
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