07-01-2020, 04:05 AM
(06-30-2020, 05:23 PM)Dtris Wrote:(06-30-2020, 04:20 PM)Black Dragon Wrote: Also, I'd like to add one more thing. The idea that one must choose between liberty and compassion as a guiding principle, or that these ideas are mutually exclusive, is a false paradigm. I choose both liberty and compassion as guiding principles, in the face of a president that stands for NEITHER.
I never said that you had to choose either. That is your assumption. My point was that those guided by only or primarily compassion will be easily lead by those seeking to manipulate that impulse. I also never said those were the only choices. Anything you choose can be a guiding principle. Most people have one even if they don't realize it. What is more important is to have a consistent world view IMO. Which is very difficult without some principle which is used as a framework, or group of principles.
And I think that most of us here are also guided by both compassion and liberty. There isn’t much remarkable or controversial about either of those. But I find the assumption that any of us aren’t somewhat offensive. Biden is basically a child predator; would it be more compassionate to vote for him instead?