Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri...
by braingenious on Thursday May 26, 2022 @12:26AM
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I think the wording is kind of silly. Bragging about never even having a thought is a weird way to claim virtue.
If you read this bit of text:
“Imagine killing another human”
What happens in your head? Is it blank save for a triumphant “Not today, Satan!”?
If I were to write “Imagine pushing somebody off a cliff”, it would be common for people to just… not imagine that? And this refusal of imagination is a virtue that, if it were more common, would somehow be helpful to society?
If you read this bit of text:
“Imagine killing another human”
What happens in your head? Is it blank save for a triumphant “Not today, Satan!”?
If I were to write “Imagine pushing somebody off a cliff”, it would be common for people to just… not imagine that? And this refusal of imagination is a virtue that, if it were more common, would somehow be helpful to society?