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I'm picking up a weird sentiment from these articles about parler. Something like... shoving someone so they fall and break their teeth, and then trying to bla
by im3w1l 6y ago
I'm picking up a weird sentiment from these articles about parler.
Something like... shoving someone so they fall and break their teeth, and then trying to blame them and saying, "it's your own fault for having such poor balance". A coping strategy for guilt? I just meant to harm you a little bit?
- probably_wrong 6y agoI think your analogy breaks because it represents the people "shoving" Parler and the people talking about this afterwards as one, which is not the case. A better analogy would be: Parler likes to hang out with the school bully, even though everyone told them not to. One day, the bully shoved Parker and it broke it's teeth. Should the bully's conduct have been allowed? Almost certainly not, and that's a problem. But at the same time Parler was warned about the bully and yet they disregarded all warnings, believing that it wouldn't happen to them. Parler can make a stand, saying "it is the school's job to keep bullies under control" (which is true) and live it's life as if there were no bullies because that's what life should be. Some people do precisely that for worthy causes, knowing full well what the consequences are (see: Rosa Parks). Or they can do what most of us did in school and stay away from the bully. Less principled? Sure. But our dentist bills are a lot cheaper as a result.
- im3w1l 6y agoThey are not the same people, but are they defending "their side"?
- probably_wrong 6y agoI don't think people are defending Amazon's side. Instead they are (somewhat reluctantly) admiting that what Amazon did is legal, which is not the same.