To rephrase komponisto’s reply to this in a simpler manner, and minus the controversial bit:
I wish everyone would extend to the unattractive people of the world, of either sex, our right to feel bitter. This does not make us rapists. Thank you for your attention.
It seems to be too easy to go from “Some bitter people are dangerous” to “Bitter people are dangerous”—people make that sort of mistake anyway, and it’s easier when there’s some fear added.
Upvoted. But the right to feel bitter does not automatically imply the right to express bitterness. And even if you posit the right to express bitterness, expressing bitterness may still not be a rational response to the situation.
ETA: This probably-volatile comic-strip link suggests one reason why bitterness over one’s own unattractiveness is often the result of a deficiency in epistemic rationality.
To rephrase komponisto’s reply to this in a simpler manner, and minus the controversial bit:
I wish everyone would extend to the unattractive people of the world, of either sex, our right to feel bitter. This does not make us rapists. Thank you for your attention.
That’s a good point.
It seems to be too easy to go from “Some bitter people are dangerous” to “Bitter people are dangerous”—people make that sort of mistake anyway, and it’s easier when there’s some fear added.
Upvoted. But the right to feel bitter does not automatically imply the right to express bitterness. And even if you posit the right to express bitterness, expressing bitterness may still not be a rational response to the situation.
ETA: This probably-volatile comic-strip link suggests one reason why bitterness over one’s own unattractiveness is often the result of a deficiency in epistemic rationality.