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No, it’s not the same because it doesn’t benefit him this time. Leftists are like libertarians, if libertarians only applied their principles to themselves. Bod
by alphanullmeric 3y ago
No, it’s not the same because it doesn’t benefit him this time. Leftists are like libertarians, if libertarians only applied their principles to themselves. Bodily autonomy, firearm rights, private property, taxation, misinformation censorship, death penalty, etc. Whether or not they support it depends not on what it does but who it benefits, and so a left winger can never truly take a concrete position like “I support gun control” when they need to make exceptions for SRA, Natives, Palestinians, etc.
- gghhzzgghhzz 3y agoPutting aside your implied definition of Leftists here. The Palestinian point is broadly enlightening, but maybe not in the way you intended. Armed struggle for the purpose of self determination should be materially supported in Ukraine, but not in Palestine. This is the glowing contradiction, and I'm not sure real leftists are the most guilty party here.
- alphanullmeric 3y agoI don’t want to materially support either country.
- gghhzzgghhzz 3y agoAs someone who considers themselves on the left, i have broadly the same view. I also don't have a hard view on gun control, because if the state authorities are militarised then it's hard to argue that civil society can't be. The solution for this of course is to demilitarise the police.
- yarg 3y agoUS complicity has permitted the decades long ethnic cleansing of Palestine to continue unabated. It is truly abhorrent. However, there's a significant difference between arming a nation under invasion, and arming religious fundamentalists.
- throwaway27391 3y ago[flagged]