12-19-2016, 09:10 PM
(12-19-2016, 04:48 PM)taramarie Wrote:(12-19-2016, 04:40 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:Your analysis of me is incorrect. My issue is with stating one side or the other is more violent than the other. It encourages more division, more "they are worse than me" mentality. It is how it is phrased which causes one side or the other to feel attacked. When that happens, no one listens. It is the strategy that is the problem. It is how it is taken, absorbed and the ultimate response that is the problem.(12-19-2016, 04:09 PM)taramarie Wrote:(12-19-2016, 04:04 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:Which brings me to what i stated above...do you think pointing fingers is productive? Do you think likewise lefties pointing fingers causes right wingers to self reflect?(12-19-2016, 03:49 PM)taramarie Wrote: Sorry but you are biased and are just stating an opinion that is not supported by any evidence. Besides....does it actually clean up both parties? Is it productive?Have to ask those questions otherwise you are just feeding 3T on steroids. I am skeptical of blind tribalism and labeling with no evidence or self reflection on either side to fix what needs fixing. It is the very reason why over in my country i dropped labour for another party that seems to focus on real issues.I'm not biased. I've seen protests by both sides many times.
You'd prefer to let the violence pass unremarked? Don't you think that risks encouraging violence?
When one side uses violence and the other doesn't, as is largely the case here, you either have to overlook the violence, you have to lie about who is using it, or you have to drop the false equivalency and point out which side is doing it.
So if you're not advocating overlooking it, and you're discouraging pointing out who is doing it, sounds like you want people to lie about who is using it? I don't think that's a healthy approach.