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I don't know what you see the double standard to be. Do you expect "tricking people into going somewhere" to be the kind of action where the only acceptable pos
by a_shovel 4y ago
I don't know what you see the double standard to be. Do you expect "tricking people into going somewhere" to be the kind of action where the only acceptable positions are to either be always against it, or always for it, regardless of the reason for doing it, or whether they agree or disagree with the target, or what the disagreement is about?
It's not a double standard to support tricking a pro-gun figure into appearing in a gun control ad, while also opposing Google leading people seeking an abortion toward organizations that will misinform them about abortion; it's just a standard. People who hold morally wrong positions are entitled to less courtesy and respect than those who hold morally upright positions, and many people believe being a pro-gun politician to be wrong, and seeking an abortion to be acceptable.
I see questions like yours a lot on HN, and I have a hard time imagining what system of belief might lead to someone asking something like that.
- josephcsible 4y agoThe double standard is "it's okay to trick people into going somewhere for political reasons I agree with, but not for political reasons I disagree with".
- a_shovel 4y agoOk, I'm arguing that that's not a double standard. You are not obligated to treat the opposite side of a dispute the same way you would treat your own side of a dispute, or would like them to be treated by others. This is just how disputes work.