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I think there are too many people that cannot do this reconciliation. This reconciliation is embodied in phrases like, "I disapprove of what you say, but I wil
by BlackFly 4y ago
I think there are too many people that cannot do this reconciliation.
This reconciliation is embodied in phrases like, "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
Solidarity is not conformity. You can be different. There is likely no person on this planet with which you truly have no shared interest, no shared objective, no shared sympathy. Even if you find you identify strongly with your difference with another, the ability to see more fundamental shared interests, objectives and sympathies are the underpinning of things like secularism, freedom of speech, and liberalism in general.
- lucideer 4y agoI don't think what you're describing here is individualism though. On the other hand, going a little further with that phrase: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - while it's a benign ideal, looking at applications of that philosophy in practice you often seen it being applied in an inconsistent manner, whereby someone's "right" to say someone infringes on the autonomy of others (essentially a case of competing rights). It's only in cases like that where individualism comes into play.