This brings me to my main point: ridiculing or shooting people with whom we disagree is not a sign of intelligence. An extraterrestrial observer might have a hard time concluding that humanity represents an intelligent civilization given our history of political violence.
While Charlie Kirk doesn’t fall into this subgroup, the thing that makes this ignorant is that a great deal of political violence is driven not by intellectual disagreement but rather abuse of power by those in power and as an option of last resort because the social contract is broken.
Carving out Charlie Kirk’s murder as an intellectual no-no amidst a plethora of mass shootings of children is intellectually dishonest about the intentions of the framing.
Carving out Charlie Kirk’s murder as an intellectual no-no amidst a plethora of mass shootings of children is intellectually dishonest about the intentions of the framing.
He’s not doing this. You’re starting a witch hunt.
Well here’s a quote where it seems very plain that he is framing it as an intellectual no no to me
This brings me to my main point: ridiculing or shooting people with whom we disagree is not a sign of intelligence. An extraterrestrial observer might have a hard time concluding that humanity represents an intelligent civilization given our history of political violence.
And responding to an individual’s statements does not comprise a witch-hunt.
And responding to an individual’s statements does not comprise a witch-hunt.
Never said this, don't assume things. It's obviously the content of your response that makes you strange and an alarmist. It's definitely a witch hunt.
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While Charlie Kirk doesn’t fall into this subgroup, the thing that makes this ignorant is that a great deal of political violence is driven not by intellectual disagreement but rather abuse of power by those in power and as an option of last resort because the social contract is broken.
Carving out Charlie Kirk’s murder as an intellectual no-no amidst a plethora of mass shootings of children is intellectually dishonest about the intentions of the framing.
He’s not doing this. You’re starting a witch hunt.
He’s not doing what? Framing the murder as an intellectual no-no? Because that very bluntly seems to be the point of the article.
In what way is this a witch hunt?
Yep he's not doing that. And you're singling him out.
Well here’s a quote where it seems very plain that he is framing it as an intellectual no no to me
And responding to an individual’s statements does not comprise a witch-hunt.
Never said this, don't assume things. It's obviously the content of your response that makes you strange and an alarmist. It's definitely a witch hunt.