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Of course David Brooks objects to "the personal is the political". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_personal_is_political https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_pe
by rectang 7y ago
Of course David Brooks objects to "the personal is the political". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_personal_is_political https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_personal_is_political He is a conservative who strives to limit debate to avoid unfavorable turf, and rape is an inconvenient subject for him. But rape happens, even if it's not fun for David Brooks to talk about.
- forgingahead 7y ago@rectang, are you able to respond with an intelligent rebuttal of parent's point? That making politics a part of one's core identity makes it impossible to compromise, hence citizens in a heterogenous society should strive to minimize things that prevent compromise and co-existence? Or do you just have the ad-hominem that "Brooks is a conservative!!!"?
- dang 7y agoPlease don't respond to a bad comment by breaking the site guidelines yourself. That just makes this place even worse, which is why they specifically ask you not to reply like this. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- dang 7y agoWould you please stop? There's nothing noble about this kind of internet battle. It's a petty pursuit that just damages the container here, which is fragile to begin with and all too easy to wreck. If you care about correcting the injustices of rape, no doubt there are many ways; smiting internet enemies isn't one.