This would be totally fine if anyone else were making that point.
It seemed to me that other people were making the same point, AFAICT. (This comment by Dagon, this one by Vanessa). (I have more thoughts on this matter but focusing that response into another comment, see elsethread)
As Benquo says, these are related points, but my reaction and my anticipation of others’ reactions to those comments are completely different, and neither Dagon nor Vanessa, while their comments were good and helpful, invoked the ‘oh, yeah, that’s pretty terrible’ thing in the way or on the level that Benquo did. If anything, that’s evidence that what Benquo is doing here is necessary to communicate the point.
There’s substantial overlap between my comment and theirs, but neither one of those covered the implied group dynamics, which were the whole point of referencing examples of the connection between asymmetric standards and organized violence against political minorities.
It seemed to me that other people were making the same point, AFAICT. (This comment by Dagon, this one by Vanessa). (I have more thoughts on this matter but focusing that response into another comment, see elsethread)
As Benquo says, these are related points, but my reaction and my anticipation of others’ reactions to those comments are completely different, and neither Dagon nor Vanessa, while their comments were good and helpful, invoked the ‘oh, yeah, that’s pretty terrible’ thing in the way or on the level that Benquo did. If anything, that’s evidence that what Benquo is doing here is necessary to communicate the point.
There’s substantial overlap between my comment and theirs, but neither one of those covered the implied group dynamics, which were the whole point of referencing examples of the connection between asymmetric standards and organized violence against political minorities.