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No. The difference now is the number of people feeling effected It always been thus for people at the margins
by worik 9mo ago
No.
The difference now is the number of people feeling effected
It always been thus for people at the margins
- mindslight 9mo agoSo we agree, including that there is a difference.
- shevy-java 9mo agoBut did you not disagree before? The "I am getting tired" statement kind of implies that.
- mindslight 9mo agoDifferent commenter and different statement.
- bigbadfeline 9mo ago> So we agree, including that there is a difference. No, that's a distinction without a difference. I mean, it doesn't matter in the slightest if at some point in time certain powers weren't abused, if they're being abused now the situation cannot be tolerated. Arguing about how it's possible not to abuse the system is a waste of time at best and a diversion at worst.
- mindslight 9mo agoI'm not arguing that it's possible to not abuse the system. I've recognized abuses for quite some time, regardless of which political team has been in power. The point is that we need to avoid normalizing our current situation by pointing to previous abuses.
- try_the_bass 9mo ago> It always been thus for people at the margins It's worth pointing out that "criminals" are generally "people at the margins"... If for no other reason than to point out that pithy comments like this are often so vague as to be worthless, or even counter-productive! It's also a good thing that antisocial behavior is often isolated to "the margins", so your statement can even be considered a good thing, by the same metric! TL;DR: Twitterisms like this are stupid.