The article sees the claim it defends as “It is not okay to use lies, insults, and harassment against people, even if it would help you enforce your preferred social norms.”
Responding to force with force is different then enforcing preferred social norms.
Scott also doesn’t seem to want to act according the the role models of Martin Luther King, Desmond Tutu, Aung San Suu Kyi and Nelson Mandela who all share the effect that they wouldn’t let themselves be silenced.
The claim I was against was that there’s no point trying to petition as force is the only solution which is covered in some depth in that piece. Currently there is a clash of norms but no force has been used. My feelings will change somewhat if they do publish.
Yes, I’m meaning something along the lines of the actions suggested in the original comment but am doing a rubbish job at explaining this properly. Violence in particular was a poor choice of words and I have changed it to force in the grandparent comment.
All I was really wanting to say was that escalation isn’t the only solution and is usually a bad idea.
The article sees the claim it defends as “It is not okay to use lies, insults, and harassment against people, even if it would help you enforce your preferred social norms.”
Responding to force with force is different then enforcing preferred social norms.
Scott also doesn’t seem to want to act according the the role models of Martin Luther King, Desmond Tutu, Aung San Suu Kyi and Nelson Mandela who all share the effect that they wouldn’t let themselves be silenced.
The claim I was against was that there’s no point trying to petition as force is the only solution which is covered in some depth in that piece. Currently there is a clash of norms but no force has been used. My feelings will change somewhat if they do publish.
I do agree that engaging in preemptive violence would be a stupid move.
I’m supposing the “violence” and “force” here is figurative, as in “a forceful response to their deanonymization of Scott”?
Yes, I’m meaning something along the lines of the actions suggested in the original comment but am doing a rubbish job at explaining this properly. Violence in particular was a poor choice of words and I have changed it to force in the grandparent comment.
All I was really wanting to say was that escalation isn’t the only solution and is usually a bad idea.