"Sure, he can be an asshole, but at least he is honest about what he thinks." I hear this kind of thing a lot - the implication seems to be that the speaker be

"Sure, he can be an asshole, but at least he is honest about what he thinks." I hear this kind of thing a lot - the implication seems to be that the speaker believes that not acting like an asshole requires being dishonest about your own thoughts. Which seems to say a lot more about the speaker than they perhaps realize.