RE: Nonviolent Protest and Resistance Privileged
February 17, 2017 at 12:24 am
(This post was last modified: February 17, 2017 at 12:27 am by Thumpalumpacus.)
(February 16, 2017 at 8:01 pm)Crunchy Wrote:(February 16, 2017 at 7:33 pm)paulpablo Wrote: What he's trying to say that if someone is willing to die for a cause then that person has justified that cause in their own mind.That is semantic torture in order to avoid admitting that a stupid mistake was made. The discussion was clearly about whether or not actions could be justified by those taking part in the discussion and not about what some twisted soul would believe in their own mind.
This is just part of the "never admit your wrong or concede a point" tenure from some regulars and it is becoming rapidly boring.
This--> "At the exact moment that a person is willing to trade their life for change....it's justifiable."
Is stupid. It's wrong. It fails every test of critical thinking and moral thinking. Now, if the people here are so vacuous that they will spend ten pages trying in vain to defend the indefensible, what hope do you think there will be of having any reasonable discussion with this type of person?
I'm guessing you missed my point that justification, like any other human emotion, is inherently subjective? Or perhaps you disagree with my point, but don't want to bother with laying out why?
In either event, there's something you're not addressing in this sweeping dismissal of yours.
