the problem I have with it, is that humans live as a societal creature. Individual liberty quickly comes into conflict with the idea of living together as a communal society. There comes a point where the good of the society as a whole should win out over the desires of the individual. But while clinging to the ultimate goal of pure individual liberty as the gold standard, the 'rights' of people to run around untrained with weapons is going to constantly trump the rights of the society to be safer.
Liberty can only be compatible with societal life when responsibility is taught and enforced. and these days, the idea of consequences and taking responsibility seems to be like throwing holy-water onto undead.
When deplatforming is framed as infringing on free speech, when counter-protesting is claimed to be silencing or violence, when someone's 'right' to own tools they don't need, is taken as the most important factor in deciding societal policy.
that all tells me that the idea of taking responsibility in the US has devolved to the level of a toddler.
The bit about this that really grinds my gears, is that so many western countries are so damn eager to follow this trend and crank up the hate rhetoric and bring on the violence. It would be far more of a meh, shrug fest for me if this attitude weren't being wholesale exported.Statistics: Posted by Walrus — Tue Nov 28, 2017 12:25 pm
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