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Did you recently get laid off from the TSA? The only purpose your "threat level" categorization of social issues serves is to marginalize viewpoints you disagre

Did you recently get laid off from the TSA? The only purpose your "threat level" categorization of social issues serves is to marginalize viewpoints you disagree with under the brush stroke of "progress at any cost." There are conservative values that are deeply necessary for a free society to function and that afford people the privilege* of criticizing their freedoms in the first place. (*well actually a right but rejecting civil rights in favor of 'wokeness' is so hot right now)

dang 7y ago
Hey, please don't cross into personal attack in HN comments. It lowers discussion quality, evokes worse from others, and discredits your argument. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
mikelyons 7y ago
I'm not saying that conservatives are unhealthy, I'm saying there are unhealthy levels of conservatism just as there are unhealthy levels and limits to liberalism. The reason that it can be said that unity rather than adversary is higher in development is that conservatism tends to be resistance to the fundamental impermanence of reality. All things must change. Reality and consciousness are evolving. The world is becoming globalized and we are moving towards unity. And it's not about who's bad or good, better or worse, it's about what level of development are you at, how high is your awareness, how well do you understand reality. Demonizing a second grader for not reading at a high school level doesn't make any sense, just as telling a retiree he is lazy for quitting work doesn't make any sense. I'm trying to help people see the thing they are defending when they react violently. What is it in you that gets so angry when you read what I wrote? Worth examining. Edit: Also worth reading about Spiral Dynamics and seeing how it applies to Life and to politics.

dang 7y ago

Hey, please don't cross into personal attack in HN comments. It lowers discussion quality, evokes worse from others, and discredits your argument. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

mikelyons 7y ago

I'm not saying that conservatives are unhealthy, I'm saying there are unhealthy levels of conservatism just as there are unhealthy levels and limits to liberalism. The reason that it can be said that unity rather than adversary is higher in development is that conservatism tends to be resistance to the fundamental impermanence of reality. All things must change. Reality and consciousness are evolving. The world is becoming globalized and we are moving towards unity. And it's not about who's bad or good, better or worse, it's about what level of development are you at, how high is your awareness, how well do you understand reality. Demonizing a second grader for not reading at a high school level doesn't make any sense, just as telling a retiree he is lazy for quitting work doesn't make any sense. I'm trying to help people see the thing they are defending when they react violently. What is it in you that gets so angry when you read what I wrote? Worth examining. Edit: Also worth reading about Spiral Dynamics and seeing how it applies to Life and to politics.