Re:Stepping into the Uncanny, Unsettling World of Shen Yun
by iknowordidthat on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @09:47PM
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> I disagree with their beliefs, but to me, committing genocide is a few steps above teaching that homosexuality is immoral.
Don’t mistake lack of opportunity for lack of will. Nutty ideologies are ‘harmless’ till they have an opportunity to act on their nuttiness.
Re:Stepping into the Uncanny, Unsettling World of Shen Yun
by intended on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @01:31AM
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How is a hypothetical measured on the same level as an actual?
Re:Stepping into the Uncanny, Unsettling World of Shen Yun
by iknowordidthat on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @11:36AM
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I am pointing out that you can’t discount this group’s plain spoken intent. They say what they mean. Give them a chance and they will act on it.
Mostly I was responding to using "injustice" instead of e.g. "violent persecution" and implying that having "their assets frozen" was the worst thing that happened. And implying that a lack of sympathy is somehow relevant in considering the morality of their persecution.
Consider this despicable statement: "Although a lot of injustice was done to followers of Judaism, and most of their assets were frozen, there wasn't much sympathy for the Jewish people in Nazi Germany and they were typically regarded as a bit weird."
These are not at all at the same scale or level of persecution, but nevertheless if you condemn the statement above then logically you ought to condemn the other.