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> Appeals to universal values are fatally compromised by exceptions Only the willfully naive don't understand that exceptions are necessary. Just like a democr
by MagnumOpus 5y ago
> Appeals to universal values are fatally compromised by exceptions
Only the willfully naive don't understand that exceptions are necessary. Just like a democracy cannot tolerate elements/parties that want to overthrow democracy if it plans to survive, a society cannot tolerate pervasive (and untrue) war propaganda from foreign enemies lest the actual domestic free press becomes so buried under a pile of manure that everybody throws up their hands and says "the truth cannot be known".
- raxxorrax 5y agoYeah, because the censorship is working so great. How could I be so naive to not believe that. The west did arm Nazis in Ukraine by the way, the US senate voted to supply the arms. This is a fact but there is also a context. And I think people should look into it.
- hunglee2 5y agoI would suggest only the wilfully naive accept universalist values as true. Feel free to propagate them onto other people, but let's at least be honest that is what we are doing. Example: when was the last time US was sanctioned for invading another country? Didn't happen, won't happen.