"Looking at contemporary history, we search for explanations behind actions—military invasions, assassinations, terrorist attacks—which we rightly find abhorrent. There are certain hot-button questions that, in certain contexts, elicit the explain/excuse conflation: why Russia invaded Ukraine; why the Palestinian resistance resorted to t…
"Looking at contemporary history, we search for explanations behind actions—military invasions, assassinations, terrorist attacks—which we rightly find abhorrent. There are certain hot-button questions that, in certain contexts, elicit the explain/excuse conflation: why Russia invaded Ukraine; why the Palestinian resistance resorted to terrorism; why millions of Americans vote for Donald Trump."
"Instead, in the United States today, we often find our neighbors’ views unjust or worse, dehumanizing."
It seems like we're right on the cusp of calling millions of votes for Trump abhorrent, and conflicting with the second quote.
One of the problems with that is that when it's clear to people that they're found abhorrent, it can give them greater license to abhorrent behavior. (Well they already hate us, so who cares what they think?)
"Looking at contemporary history, we search for explanations behind actions—military invasions, assassinations, terrorist attacks—which we rightly find abhorrent. There are certain hot-button questions that, in certain contexts, elicit the explain/excuse conflation: why Russia invaded Ukraine; why the Palestinian resistance resorted to terrorism; why millions of Americans vote for Donald Trump."
"Instead, in the United States today, we often find our neighbors’ views unjust or worse, dehumanizing."
It seems like we're right on the cusp of calling millions of votes for Trump abhorrent, and conflicting with the second quote.
One of the problems with that is that when it's clear to people that they're found abhorrent, it can give them greater license to abhorrent behavior. (Well they already hate us, so who cares what they think?)