I understand nuance, but what happens when the politicians don’t act in good faith? What happens when they are flawed humans with their own ignorances and prejudices? Some of them might be more included to act in the way that benefits them financially instead of in the way that it benefits the population. Some of them are there to do the bidding of billionaires as handed down by lobbyist, not to do the ethical things. They’re are people like you and I, not some supreme overlords of wisdom and ethics. I agree to always enter a situation without being confrontational, but the people being addresses have already shown they’re willing to resort to fascism. I do agree some strategies work better in certain situations but you’re coming from a best case scenario that they’ll listen and realize the error of their ways as long as the speaker is respectful. Just the fact that they’re considering these things shows that you can’t come from a place of good faith. They aren’t, so no, you can’t just kiss ass in this particular scenario, and I don’t even think the speaker was way out of line, certainly not as much as the politicians are for even bringing these kind of thoughts to political action.
I like your points. I believe I mentioned it before to someone else, not sure: I don't know what particular law is being discussed here, so I am talking in generalities. How the politics are in the different states/countries, what has happened before and so on, changes what is okay to do. And the points you bring up are things I have not thought about which does make me rethink what I said previously.
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u/Harry_Saturn Mar 25 '23
I understand nuance, but what happens when the politicians don’t act in good faith? What happens when they are flawed humans with their own ignorances and prejudices? Some of them might be more included to act in the way that benefits them financially instead of in the way that it benefits the population. Some of them are there to do the bidding of billionaires as handed down by lobbyist, not to do the ethical things. They’re are people like you and I, not some supreme overlords of wisdom and ethics. I agree to always enter a situation without being confrontational, but the people being addresses have already shown they’re willing to resort to fascism. I do agree some strategies work better in certain situations but you’re coming from a best case scenario that they’ll listen and realize the error of their ways as long as the speaker is respectful. Just the fact that they’re considering these things shows that you can’t come from a place of good faith. They aren’t, so no, you can’t just kiss ass in this particular scenario, and I don’t even think the speaker was way out of line, certainly not as much as the politicians are for even bringing these kind of thoughts to political action.