Sure, not all voters are pro-Trump, but collectively the action or in-action resulted in whatever the fuck we have going on is.
Right, why would that justify making the claim that every voter in a “democracy” is a fascist? (I’m aware you already said that not all voters are pro-Trump, but @carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone’s comment said that every Israeli deserves to die, which is the part that I disagreed with) There are certainly good people in every country of the world, and making any kind of generalization that makes it look like the majority’s opinion is the opinion of the entire populace is disingenuous and dangerous.
OK but let’s dig into the semantics of this. Would you offer the same criticism of someone who quipped about “all men being dangerous?” How about “All republicans are fascist?” Surely not all Republicans; hell, George Conway has built a new media career as a non-trump republican. Or can we agree that browbeating people for not accounting for granular differences when discussing broad trends in a casual setting is kinda dickish? Also per jpost 90% of Israelis consider themselves Zionist; I’m sure the 10% aren’t going to quibble at generalizations.
Would you offer the same criticism of someone who quipped about “all men being dangerous?”
Yes, a man didn’t choose to be a man. A republican sure did choose to be a republican, which is a, to put it lightly, dubious choice in this day and age, but I still wouldn’t say all of them are fascist.
Saying that all Israelis should die a painful death is still kinda crazy, and I don’t think it’s “dickish” to point that out.
If you had a building with 1000 evil people, and 1 good person, is it ok to destroy it? I don’t know the answer to that, but I wouldn’t be able to do it personally. Seems like a variant of the trolley problem.
Right, why would that justify making the claim that every voter in a “democracy” is a fascist? (I’m aware you already said that not all voters are pro-Trump, but @carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone’s comment said that every Israeli deserves to die, which is the part that I disagreed with) There are certainly good people in every country of the world, and making any kind of generalization that makes it look like the majority’s opinion is the opinion of the entire populace is disingenuous and dangerous.
Point taken. Thank you for explaining.
OK but let’s dig into the semantics of this. Would you offer the same criticism of someone who quipped about “all men being dangerous?” How about “All republicans are fascist?” Surely not all Republicans; hell, George Conway has built a new media career as a non-trump republican. Or can we agree that browbeating people for not accounting for granular differences when discussing broad trends in a casual setting is kinda dickish? Also per jpost 90% of Israelis consider themselves Zionist; I’m sure the 10% aren’t going to quibble at generalizations.
Yes, a man didn’t choose to be a man. A republican sure did choose to be a republican, which is a, to put it lightly, dubious choice in this day and age, but I still wouldn’t say all of them are fascist.
Saying that all Israelis should die a painful death is still kinda crazy, and I don’t think it’s “dickish” to point that out.
If you had a building with 1000 evil people, and 1 good person, is it ok to destroy it? I don’t know the answer to that, but I wouldn’t be able to do it personally. Seems like a variant of the trolley problem.