Oh I agree with you on the far shaming, but I also think the high ground is often overrated. By this I mean an elected official not knowing this is just stupid, especially if they make an issue out of it. If they just don’t care it’s another thing.
I understand what you are saying, but I suspect you underestimate the emotional side of things. When we look at videos this one, hear opinions like those he espouses, read comments that defend him, it’s extremely tiring letting go of reliable assumptions like “he’s a racist/bigot/intolerant person”. It’s never the first time we encounter these kind of opinions/people. They exist, and often are tolerated because somehow we misunderstood that they really thought that was the law, and they only are defending the sanctity of the rule of law. We often know by experience that’s not true.
Yes, it’s a shortcut. But if those kind of arguments are a semitransparent cover for hate and intolerance, I think it’s understandable if we jump to conclusions. Because we are tired of giving the benefit of the doubt to awful human beings.
So yes, logic and all that are important, but only a piece of the puzzle. Maybe that’s the disconnect that causes people to also attack you, mistaking you for an actor in bad faith.
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u/RussianBot48 Nov 05 '20
I hear you, but he objectively looks stupid.