RE: How does your WV inform your politics?
August 30, 2023 at 9:04 am
(This post was last modified: August 30, 2023 at 9:04 am by Angrboda.)
(August 30, 2023 at 9:00 am)FrustratedFool Wrote:(August 30, 2023 at 8:45 am)Angrboda Wrote: Does the precedent of discriminating against people based upon their beliefs in the long run result in more harm or less? I'll remind you that countless millions died in the 20th century based upon such views.
I'd say discriminating against people has been absolutely necessary for civilization and in the long run countering Nazism, Stalinism, Islamism, and beliefs like 'I should get to kill' or 'I'm not subject to law' or 'disease is caused by miasma' or 'gays should be killed', has been the cause of enormous reductions in harm and suffering.
Generally speaking, we discriminate based upon acts, not beliefs. And that's what happened with the Nazis, Stalinists, and some Islamists. So you're arguing something different than the examples you cite.
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