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It’s a stretch to blame “absolute rights” for Trump’s election. That can be placed pretty solidly on xenophobia. The anti-maskers? The only reason those guys t
by notriddle 5y ago
It’s a stretch to blame “absolute rights” for Trump’s election. That can be placed pretty solidly on xenophobia.
The anti-maskers? The only reason those guys think they have a case is exactly because they think bodily autonomy has no limits.
- robertlagrant 5y ago> That can be placed pretty solidly on xenophobia. It can be, but it probably shouldn't be.
- CRConrad 5y ago> ...they think bodily autonomy has no limits. ...they think THEIR bodily autonomy has no limits -- not even where sane people would see that it has to be limited to not encroach on OTHER PEOPLE'S bodily autonomy. There, FTFY.
- h_anna_h 5y agoThis also seems to be bi-partisan sadly.
- CRConrad 5y agoI'm not so sure about that. Stands to reason, AFAICS, that "MY freedoms (and screw yours)!" ideologically resonates more on the right than the left: The whole left-right dichotomy is one of ~ "my freedoms above all" vs "freedoms for all, balanced with responsibility for all".
- h_anna_h 5y agoI think that this is extremely simplistic. For example it does not account for individualist anarchism or the collectivist "for our country/nation/race" pushed by various fascist governments.
- CRConrad 5y agoI can't see how "doesn't cover absolutely all corner cases" equals "extremely simplistic". I'm fairly sure that in broad terms, "left / right" covers the political spectrum the absolute majority of people inhabit. Your objection feels like futile quibbling to me.
- h_anna_h 5y agoThese are not really corner cases but whatever man, you believe what you want.