> Most people today are driven by self interest and self preservation, not morality. Anything you see publicly resembling morality is virtue signaling for the s

> Most people today are driven by self interest and self preservation, not morality. Anything you see publicly resembling morality is virtue signaling for the sake of optics. > Do you respect foreigners to treat your country as a battle ground for their ideologies? I assume yes only when their ideologies match yours, but what about when they don't? I respect a good, fair match. I suspect you do too. A good opponent, who puts their money where their mouth is, is someone who pushes you to do the same. This is also why I framed my question the way I did. I didn’t say which country was a terrorist, I gave it the option of being someone who argued for a position you agreed with. (For example, they could well be protesting in front of the Chinese embassy, being Uighur, or Tibetan.) Should this option only be open to American citizens? > Capitulation against who? What results did their so called fight give? Capitulating to whomever is in power. Contrast the ease of saying stuff online, vs people who physically show up to protests, or say things that are risky and have consequences. I respect people who actually put themselves at risk. They can be entirely wrong, their cause riddled with flaws. But then I didn’t find it in me to show up and engage in debate. I guess, to each their due.