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We can individually decide what is right. We can try to convince each other of our positions too, as individuals. The people who each put their name on the peti
by sp332 5y ago
We can individually decide what is right. We can try to convince each other of our positions too, as individuals. The people who each put their name on the petition are trying to get the people in charge of the project at NASA to change their decision. No need to drag spectrums or politics into it.
I know I'm the one who put the Republican document into this conversation but it was just an example of how widespread it is. When it comes to legislation, it makes sense to me to use it for certain large-scale kinds of systematic discrimination. Since the US government passed laws against gay people having certain positions, it's probably good to legislate against discrimination for a while. If it were just a matter of individual people's opinions, it would be less widespread issue.
- bostonsre 5y ago> we can individually decide what is right. You really feel comfortable that you are infallible and that it's within your rights to dictate what is "right" everywhere across society? Shouldn't others get a say in what is right? I'm all for legislation that determines our laws, but I'm a lot less ok with social media mobs exerting pressure to force others to fall in line with their beliefs.
- sp332 5y agoI don't think I'm infallible. I said in the next sentence we can try to change each other's minds. I mentioned an exception, but in most cases I'm much more comfortable with individuals making their own decisions than enforcing a uniform standard of behavior. Online mobs are just people, but legislation has legalized violence available to back it up and that seems much more powerful to me. And if you let others have a say in what's right, how could you take a stand for anything? https://twitter.com/dril/status/841892608788041732 https://twitter.com/dril/status/841892608788041732