The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[Autumnal]

 

[Alzrius]

"This person doesn't/didn't share my values" is not an instance of them having hurt/harmed/injured you.

 

[Mannahnin]

"This person doesn't/didn't share my values" is not an instance of them having hurt/harmed/injured you.

Correct.

 

[billd91]

"This person doesn't/didn't share my values" is not an instance of them having hurt/harmed/injured you.

Hey, if someone dummies up about their values, no harm. Start airing them publicly and, depending on what those values are, that can make life difficult for people for things they cannot change. And that's harm.

 

[Gradine]

"This person doesn't/didn't share my values" is not an instance of them having hurt/harmed/injured you.

Sure, but "this person lent their considerable cachet and talent to support people doing direct harm to people and refusing to speak up or acknowledge it at all" is.

 

[Scribe]

Potentially interesting conversation, pity it crosses likely 10 red lines on this forum....

In other news, a global meeting, the joy of our modern world, is absolutely hell. Why yes I love getting on a call with stakeholders at 5am, thank you sir, may I have another?

 

[Alzrius]

Hey, if someone dummies up about their values, no harm.

Well that's clearly not the case, since we've seen people posting that "I confronted someone about their associating with someone I disapprove of, and they said nothing" is an instance of moral failure.

Start airing them publicly and, depending on what those values are, that can make life difficult for people for things they cannot change.

The idea that simply saying what you believe can make someone else's life (measurably) more difficult simply for you having said it is far, far more nuanced than you're presenting it as being. Largely because it relies on that individual having some sort of significant social pull, and even then it tends to be predicated on influencing third parties, omitting that said parties have their own agency and aren't simply puppets waiting to be told what to believe and how to act on it.

And that's harm.

Again, I think this is far too broad a declaration.

Sure, but "this person lent their considerable cachet and talent to support people doing direct harm to people and refusing to speak up or acknowledge it at all" is.

That depends on how you're defining "considerable," "cachet," "talent," "support," and "direct harm," where overly broad takes on any of those ends up (ironically enough) doing more harm than good.

 

[Umbran]

Mod Note:
Folks,

This thread is not for holding arguments you have been told you can't have in other threads.

 

[trappedslider]

"I'm building a tank" sounds much more impressive than "I'm building a scale model"

 

[Wofano Wotanto]

"I'm building a tank" sounds much more impressive than "I'm building a scale model"

Depends on the scale. 1/300th, not so impressive. 1:1 and no one can park in the driveway anymore, much more so.