I really like this. I agree a lot, I think a lot of bullying from lefty circles goes unchallenged and is brushed aside as "punching up" or being for a good cause.
However, respectfully, I have a nitpick. The article says that if a person claims there are no bad tactics just bad targets, they are simply an immoral person.
I don’t agree that there are not bad tactics only bad targets but I think that there should be a component of action before a person is called immoral. If they are just *saying* that then I would say they are simply holding an immoral belief. But *acting* upon the belief is what makes a person immoral I think. Given how many people operate through an ends-justify-the-means mentality I’m a bit skittish calling people immoral.
Mmm, that’s a good critique and I agree. Thank you for pointing that out. Saying is different from acting, and that’s an important part of my worldview.
I think what’s interesting about this is it demonstrates in real time how strong emotion can narrow our view of other human beings, which is particularly relevant in light of my conversation with David Livingston Smith.
I was angry when I wrote this piece, and I wasn’t even aware of the ways that anger narrowed my scope of other people, and the shifting in my language as a result. A really interesting insight and worthy of further meditation.
I really like this. I agree a lot, I think a lot of bullying from lefty circles goes unchallenged and is brushed aside as "punching up" or being for a good cause.
However, respectfully, I have a nitpick. The article says that if a person claims there are no bad tactics just bad targets, they are simply an immoral person.
I don’t agree that there are not bad tactics only bad targets but I think that there should be a component of action before a person is called immoral. If they are just *saying* that then I would say they are simply holding an immoral belief. But *acting* upon the belief is what makes a person immoral I think. Given how many people operate through an ends-justify-the-means mentality I’m a bit skittish calling people immoral.
Mmm, that’s a good critique and I agree. Thank you for pointing that out. Saying is different from acting, and that’s an important part of my worldview.
I think what’s interesting about this is it demonstrates in real time how strong emotion can narrow our view of other human beings, which is particularly relevant in light of my conversation with David Livingston Smith.
I was angry when I wrote this piece, and I wasn’t even aware of the ways that anger narrowed my scope of other people, and the shifting in my language as a result. A really interesting insight and worthy of further meditation.