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> DPR espoused and was embraced by Libertarians. Turned out to be a contract-killing, drug-dealing, law breaking psychopath. Nelson Mandela has been embraced b
by chimeracoder 13y ago
> DPR espoused and was embraced by Libertarians.
Turned out to be a contract-killing, drug-dealing, law breaking psychopath.
Nelson Mandela has been embraced by people and organizations that I would otherwise classify as peace-loving. And they knew the entire time that he was a "terrorist"!
Ideologies are complex. One may agree with parts of a person's work, but not other parts of their means (or vice versa, or any other possible combination).
It's unfair to say that DPR's shady behind-the-scenes actions are somehow characteristic of an entire ideology that happened to agree with some other consequences of his work, and therefore grounds to dismiss them entirely.
- dredmorbius 13y agoThat's a mighty flexible set of moral values you've got there. The people NM was violently active against were also, as it turns out, acting violently against him, in the name of an absolutely abusive system. And when he emerged from a 27 year captivity, he forgave them. Instituted and oversaw a peace and reconciliation process. And worked to heal rifts. Which is why he is absolutely revered around the world. The same cannot be said of Ulbricht's actions and motivations.