(December 5, 2013 at 7:02 pm)Kitanetos Wrote:One one side you have gun abolitionists saying that what gun owners desire serves no useful purpose and is destructive to society, and that their way should therefore be "The way things are" - Imposing a bias onto others.(December 5, 2013 at 6:59 pm)freedomfromfallacy Wrote: My comparison places homophobes who seek to control others because of their personal bias on one side, and gun riddance advocates who do the same from their side. It's a valid comparison.
I always remain unemotional. I am a sociopath, after all, and I still fail to see the valid comparison.
On the other side you have gay haters saying that what gays desire serves no useful purpose and is destructive to society, and that their way should therefore be "The way things are" - Imposing a bias onto others.
(let's add a third scenario as a qualifier)
On yet another side you have Christians saying that what atheists desire serves no useful purpose and is destructive to society, and that their way should therefore be "The way things are" - Imposing a bias onto others.
All three positions are equally oppressive and violent, regardless of the topic matter. Humans telling other humans how things "Should be", is the issue here.