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> And you are in a privileged position to discern these? Yes, as privileged as everyone else. We can and must make judgments - open-mindedness is important, bu
by hackuser 10y ago
> And you are in a privileged position to discern these?
Yes, as privileged as everyone else. We can and must make judgments - open-mindedness is important, but to withhold judgment indefinitely is foolishness and reckless endangerment of our responsibilities. That includes judging against absurd and evil ideas and not allowing them unlimited leeway to delay or distract us (again, that would be aiding in their propaganda strategy) from acting against them. And while my judgment isn't perfect, I'm pretty confident in this one.
- grandalf 10y agoFair response. I agree that we all must make judgments. I might be overly biased by my post-hoc analysis of the reasoning behind the Iraq war fiasco and my notion that the broader, geopolitical themes provide most of the inertia for US/Russian dynamics. In light of your comment I'm curious how you assess the campaign that we've been discussing in this thread. I posed the question in a different sub-thread but I'd be very interested to read your response to it as well: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13701240 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13701240