Can you explain why exactly one would indicate the other?
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I reject stupid false dichotomies on principle.
...Like the Punisher?
Well, roommate vetting is something everyone has to do by themselves.
I don't know if contributing to this thread is reasonable on my part, but thanks nonetheless.
Damn man, super weird I don't feel empathy for these people, I must be a terrible person
Ask any political party in the world, and they'll tell you that they're the ones who truly care, that they're the ones who are truly right for the citizens, that their way will lead to a reduction of suffering and an increase in happiness, and that their opponents are wrong.
If that party says "evil" instead of "wrong", I'd think that party is fringe and radical.
Because one is wishing death on someone for something that they see as wrong.
Yes, or like Kyle.
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It will take hold of you, and you will resent its absence.
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And what's the significance of that?
Why do you think that?
Is it radical to describe any political position as evil, no matter what that position entails or believes?
Could you explain the connection though?
Is not having sympathy for someone who is sick or dying the same as wishing death upon them? What makes you assume that?
And even if it is, why would wanting someone who is already sick to die indicate the potential to become a radical vigilante?
I suppose if your political opponents are literally Nazis, you can rightly say that your political opponents are evil. Otherwise, it reveals a lack of humanity. The opponents are just another group of people trying do what they believe is right for the betterment of their country.
Chiefly, I would be concerned with such a party because of the easy slope that starts with seeing others as evil and ends with killing them. Every genocide in history has followed this same pattern, though not necessarily between political parties. The term for that is politicide
No, I don't think that it is the same. The person I was responding to said "wishing covid death to conscious spreaders", not merely "not having sympathy".
Because it's still wishing death, and wishing death shows a callous disregard for human life, so long as the other person made choices that the first person disagrees with.
The person thinks it would be better if this person were removed from the planet, as opposed to them getting cured.
Some might call it ironic to have you posting this while actively defending the actions of authoritarian, imperialist, and genocidal regimes in other threads as "not so bad" and "for the greater good".
Unless that's not true of course. Unless somewhere deep down a certain group of people know that at best they're engaged in a scorched earth policy where they don't care who they hurt as long as people they don't like are among them.
I'm sure there are other evil political parties. Nazis weren't the only ones who committed a genocide, after all.
Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that the only evil parties are the parties who actually do evil. But I'm sure there are no shortage of people on both sides who say "The democrats are doing evil!" or "The republicans are doing evil!" and then we're back to square one.
If you accuse your political opponents of evil, it's likely that you're just engaging in mirror politics. Click on that link and look at who accused the other. What ended up happening? Who were the truly evil ones, the ones that were accused, or the ones that did the accusing?
In order to justify atrocities, you need to accuse your targets as being evil. That way, you can feel justified when you kill them. Accusations of evil is the first step.
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??? I think you've made some assumptions about whom I'm referring to and my own feelings. Could you explain what exactly it is you think I meant?
Why though?
Aren't Nazis also just another group of people trying to do what they believe is right for the betterment of their country?
If some people can do what they believe is right and still be rightly called evil, then why is it generally wrong to call anyone evil if they're doing what they think is right?
Why would the former automatically lead to the latter?
Also, is it always wrong to kill people?
Sure, but the person they were referring to didn't actually say that.
Would you say that wishing death on one person automatically indicates a callous disregard for human life? What if that person is literally a Nazi, and therefore evil. Is wishing death on them still a callous disregard for human life?
I mean, what if they think other people are evil. Perhaps it would be better if they just died before the slippery slope into genocide started?
Are they wrong?
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Why would it make a difference who you were referring to?
You're not a hypocrite are you?
So, were like, the poor school kids getting a free lunch on the fed's dime actually the evil ones or...?
"Hah, reject basic disease prevention measures and eat horse paste"
"Please do not eat the horse paste, it's dangerous and ineffective"
"Help, the horse paste has made me blind and did not cure my covid"
"lol"
"How dare you justify atrocities!"
No it's a little thing called consistency, some people might want to give it a try some time.
Are school lunches a partisan issue? When people run for school board positions, do they register under a political party?
It's generally wrong to call anyone evil for doing what they think is right, because they're probably not evil. Parties like the National Socialists are rare.
It would be like if you went up to a random person on the street and called them a murderer. It's possible that you could actually be correct. You could have found the zodiac killer by accident. But you aren't likely to be right.
I am not saying that the former automatically leads to the latter, just that the former is an essential component of the latter.
No, it is not always wrong to kill people.
"wishing covid death to conscious spreaders" is a direct quote from post 618
Yes, it automatically indicates a callous disregard for human life. It is better to rehabilitate than to kill. Killing should be your last resort, and not something you should ever want to do. One should always wish for other options.
It's not for me to say if the world would truly be better off without them. One would have to be omniscient to know that.