1. I’m not a fascist, so I don’t want to defend it. 2. My original question to @OortCloudAtlas was “Why are Western Buddhists SJWs?"
I can't speak for Buddhists or SJWs, but IMO, true compassion doesn't shy away from causing pain when necessary. Ala surgery to save a life.
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No doubt—also Zen has many examples of compassionate anger, but a society (like ours) that restricts speech will only lead to violence.
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Are you familiar with the concept of "incitement"? Not ALL speech can be unrestricted. Calling for genocide is unacceptable, obviously.
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Granted. The only mention of “genocide” by the dissident right refers to their own. It has some validity.
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No. They are often casually making comments about ovens & gas chambers for their enemies. This is not protected speech.
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Granted, but don’t take them literally. They do it mainly to trigger, but incitement to violence should not be tolerated.
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Don't excuse it.
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I don't condone it, but I will certainly tolerate it because it's not incitement. How about you?
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“Tolerate” when people talk of murdering & committing genocide? Tolerating that is the same as condoning. Tolerating it makes one complicit.
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Lookup Trungpa's use of the term "idiot compassion" for more on this idea.
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