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Declarative moral statements like this are so vacuous. Of course there are intellectually honest people who believe both parties are the same. They may be evalu
by wddkcs 2y ago
Declarative moral statements like this are so vacuous. Of course there are intellectually honest people who believe both parties are the same. They may be evaluating or prioritizing the evidence differently, but that doesn't make one side or the other 'dishonest'. Casually impuning the morality of an entire swath of people is rhetoric that drives division and strife, not progress.
For example, yes Bidens FTC is a standout actor, but 'both sides' just voted to perpetuate overseas wars with more American tax dollars. In terms of the American war machine, it's 100% accurate to say both sides are the same.
- roughly 2y agoThen I suppose the appropriate way to phrase this would be "people suggesting both sides are the same need to qualify their statements."
- pessimizer 2y agoYou're making the assumption that they haven't, at length, until people got uncomfortable and wanted to leave.
- afavour 2y agoThe scenario you’re proposing sounds like one person lecturing another and not listening to any counter points… wanting to leave feels like a natural reaction.
- jjeaff 2y agoSounds like you are making the case that "both sides are aligned in some rare cases". not that "they are the same".
- wddkcs 2y agoNo, and that reading is the exact dogmatic dipolism I'm talking about avoiding. Both sides are human, both sides are American, both sides of political spectrum are represented by the wealth elite. There are millions of common denominators between both sides, and a relatively miniscule number of differences. Most of the differences themselves are exaggerated by the political class, to show division and strengthen in-group ties. Believing one side or the other is morally superior is meaningless- the other side is always going to believe the same thing about you, with just as much supporting evidence.