It sounds nice and makes a great story until you see all the exceptions being made. “He was a jerk but he did go to MIT”, “he was a jerk but his father is good

It sounds nice and makes a great story until you see all the exceptions being made. “He was a jerk but he did go to MIT”, “he was a jerk but his father is good friends with the CEO”, “he was a jerk but I’m a jerk and he reminds me of myself” but it won’t be that honest it will be more like “ he wasn’t a jerk he is just a natural leader and it was everyone else’s fault for not recognizing that and falling in line”