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I see your point, and I'll admit I was a little uneasy about throwing that line in...it can certainly be interpreted as a bias. My designer and I were just look

I see your point, and I'll admit I was a little uneasy about throwing that line in...it can certainly be interpreted as a bias. My designer and I were just looking for a witty and ever-so-slightly incendiary phrase to use as a call to action. I apologize...guess it's a bit more incendiary than we planned. On the other hand: 1) I think your analogy is flawed, and kind of extreme. 2) Hypothetical tax policy proposed by a democratically elected representative is most certainly not an attack on personal freedom. (Taxes levied by a despot would be.) 3) The "Tell your friends to keep calm and carry on" phrase is a direct response to the rhetorical "Relieved?". It's merely a call to action for those who are relieved by Obama's budget proposal and its direct effects on their tax liabilities.

jessriedel 15y ago
Totally agree that you can throw whatever political commentary you want on this site; it's your project to have fun with, and you don't need to apologize. But as long as we're going off-topic and into politics... >tax policy proposed by a democratically elected representative is most certainly not an attack on personal freedom. Couldn't disagree more! It's better than a despot, but tyranny by the majority can definitely be an attack on personal freedom. If the white-majority-held congress voted to take all the property of some racial minority and divide it amongst white people, the fact that it was democratic wouldn't make it right! And to be more provocative: reasonable people can disagree on whether the same is true if you replace "white" with "middle class" and "racial minority" with "rich". It's all going to depend on your personal moral/political philosophy.
- snikolic 15y ago
  Thanks for the support! I agree; you're right that tyranny by majority is an attack on personal freedom...but that's a structural failing of our democracy. I think it's a bit unfair to connect systemic faults of a society and government to a specific budget proposal.

jessriedel 15y ago

Totally agree that you can throw whatever political commentary you want on this site; it's your project to have fun with, and you don't need to apologize. But as long as we're going off-topic and into politics... >tax policy proposed by a democratically elected representative is most certainly not an attack on personal freedom. Couldn't disagree more! It's better than a despot, but tyranny by the majority can definitely be an attack on personal freedom. If the white-majority-held congress voted to take all the property of some racial minority and divide it amongst white people, the fact that it was democratic wouldn't make it right! And to be more provocative: reasonable people can disagree on whether the same is true if you replace "white" with "middle class" and "racial minority" with "rich". It's all going to depend on your personal moral/political philosophy.

snikolic 15y ago
Thanks for the support! I agree; you're right that tyranny by majority is an attack on personal freedom...but that's a structural failing of our democracy. I think it's a bit unfair to connect systemic faults of a society and government to a specific budget proposal.