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You decided to compare many good people to terrorists. Don't be surprised by the blowback. If you don't want to distract from your point, consider picking a bet
by humanrebar 11y ago
You decided to compare many good people to terrorists. Don't be surprised by the blowback. If you don't want to distract from your point, consider picking a better analogy next time.
- rhizome 11y agoYou decided to compare people who deny gay marriage to good people.
- humanrebar 11y agoI know some that serve the homeless, some that help people get over addiction, some that treat AIDS, and some that help victims of violent crimes.
- joshschreuder 11y agoSo, if for example I prevented black people from voting, but then volunteered at a homeless shelter, I could be considered a good person? I can offset my discrimination by doing volunteer work?
- humanrebar 11y agoI'm not saying people can make up for doing bad things. I'm arguing against prejudice (as in judging someone before you meet them and judging people instead of individuals).
- Zigurd 11y ago> I'm not saying people can make up for doing bad things. That's precisely what you are saying. Mormons do wonderful things in many cases, especially in disaster relief and other humanitarian projects. They also have official positions that are bigoted. Both can be true, but the good does not make up for the bad. The prop 8 effort was a work of bigotry.
- humanrebar 11y agoNo, I'm saying it's hateful and hypocritical to ignorantly hate on otherwise good people. It's easier (and probably feels better) to make them all out to be mustache twirlers, but it's more of a convenient truth than reality.
- azinman2 11y agoIt wasn't an analogy. It was establishing that there is a point at which supporting a class of political organization renders you unfit to be a leader of Mozilla.