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Because if I spend my time writing down everything I think is wrong with the world, I literally will not have time to do anything else. Your cause is not more
by Turing_Machine 5y ago
Because if I spend my time writing down everything I think is wrong with the world, I literally will not have time to do anything else.
Your cause is not more important than thousands of other causes, and my refusal to spend my time amplifying your viewpoint does not in any sense imply I agree with the opposing view.
- matsemann 5y agoThat's a fair point, but not when one intentionally enters a discussion about a conflict. Can't both claim no side and simultaneously pretend the aggressor is just as bad as the protester.
- mwcampbell 5y agoIf I'm not mistaken, though, the discussion here isn't about the Russia versus Ukraine conflict itself, but about appropriate ways to show support for a political cause in general, and whether it's even appropriate to do so in particular contexts. On that meta-issue, I think it's possible to state an opinion, without implying any position on the conflict of the moment. And if I'm not mistaken, some people are saying that it's obligatory to state an opinion on the conflict of the moment; that's what some of us are disagreeing with.