A riddle

[Jeajea]

I…
Fight for peace,
Kill to live,
Destroy to produce,
Steal to give.

I…
Love to hate,
Pacify the warmonger,
Rile pacifists,
Weaken the stronger.

I…
Sit up,
Stand down,
Always smile,
Always frown.

I…
Loathe a bit,
Adore a little,
Kill halfway,
Unbalance the middle.

I…
Sprint slowly,
Walk fast,
Stand behind you,
Move right past.

I…
Am intelligently stupid,
Am quick to pause,
Touch with hands,
Rend with claws.

I’m found in burrowing birds,
In moles perched in trees,
In silent speech,
A witty moron that only half breathes.

What am I?

 

[Jaerc]

A paradox perhaps?

 

[Jeajea]

Close.

 

[Ahava_Magdala]

perhaps....

an Oxy moron

 

[Jeajea]

Correct! Only one of the two possible answers, but entirely correct none the less. Here is fifty gold - you deserve it.
Anyone to guess the other possible answer?
~Jeajea Veanson

Attached beneath this note is a pouch with fifty gold, held there by a minor enchantment, which is not difficult to bypass.

 

[Elf_Ariel]

Possibly a juxtaposition but it doesn't seem quite right... :\

 

[Ahava_Magdala]

Yay!!! I got 50 gold! Well initially what I put for my answer was "Irony" thats why I edited my original answer a minute after I posted it...the line "a witty moron that only half breathes" set off my little light in my head.

 

[Jeajea]

Not Juxtaposition, no.
Congratulations, indeed. That was the line that was meant to lead to 'oxymoron', so well done.
Any more guesses on the second answer?

 

[Ahava_Magdala]

well my next best guess would be 'contradiction'

 

[Jeajea]

Nope. I know the line of thinking... it's not any other words like that, the other answer is quite different. Not 'opposition', 'contradiction', 'juxtaposition' or similar. Totally different. Hope that helps.
~Jea