• commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    18 days ago

    btw, endorsing oppression and supporting oppression are not the same thing.

    this is a semantic game

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      18 days ago

      No, that difference between those words is important. My stance is in fact that Doctorow does not endorse oppression but he supports it through his actions and advocacy – unintentionally of course.

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        18 days ago

        Doctorow does not endorse oppression but he supports it through advocacy

        this is so self contradictory no one should take it seriously

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          18 days ago

          Only if you don’t know the nuanced difference between “endorsement” and “supports” will you fail to take it seriously. Endorsement deals with deontology (intent) whereas support is utilitarian in meaning.