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Michael W. Taft
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Michael W. Taft

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🦇 Sentient comet 💫 Meditation freak 🙏🏻 Teacher 🍄 Author 🎙Podcaster 📚 SF nerd 🤖 Serial comma enthusiast 🌏 Raised by wolves 🐺 Bad influence 🧝🏻‍♂️

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    1. Michael W. Taft‏ @OortCloudAtlas 18 Dec 2017
      Replying to @iwelsh

      I definitely happy to not be at war with Russia over Ukraine, or something. On the other hand, election interference and subsequent mayhem cannot be tolerated.

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    2. Ian Welsh‏ @iwelsh 18 Dec 2017
      Replying to @OortCloudAtlas

      Now, apply that to America's interference in many elections including Russia's. Why can't it be tolerated? Every other country has to tolerate America's interference in our elections (yes, Canada has suffered your intereference too.) Why are you special?

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    3. Michael W. Taft‏ @OortCloudAtlas 18 Dec 2017
      Replying to @iwelsh

      It’s not about being special. It’s about one of the functions of government being to defend the nation against aggression. That is its proper role and that is what the US govt should be doing.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    4. Ian Welsh‏ @iwelsh 18 Dec 2017
      Replying to @OortCloudAtlas

      Ok. You interfered in their elections, multiple times. Now they have interfered in yours once. Perhaps you should get together and say "let's both of us not do that." If you want something to stop, stop doing it.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    5. Ian Welsh‏ @iwelsh 18 Dec 2017
      Replying to @iwelsh @OortCloudAtlas

      this is a serial killer saying "it's not right when it is done to me". Virtually everyone outside the US thinks this is laughable.

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    6. Michael W. Taft‏ @OortCloudAtlas 18 Dec 2017
      Replying to @iwelsh

      Fair enough. I knew it came down to that for you. I’ll take that into account when you say or write anything about US politics in the future.

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    7. Ian Welsh‏ @iwelsh 18 Dec 2017
      Replying to @OortCloudAtlas

      You should. You should also remember that I spent over 10 years of my life trying to help Americans. Which is more than most Americans did. Notice I said the solution is for both sides to stop doing it. That was ignored, though.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    8. Michael W. Taft‏ @OortCloudAtlas 18 Dec 2017
      Replying to @iwelsh

      I didn’t ignore it. I’m always interested to hear what you have to say. Understanding clearly where it’s coming from is also useful.

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    9. Ian Welsh‏ @iwelsh 18 Dec 2017
      Replying to @OortCloudAtlas

      All humans have my concern, Michael. They really do and to a large degree my cocnern is equal (not entirely, but far closer than most.) People don't understand that. And lately, I'm not sure that I was right to prioritize humans so much over other animals.

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    10. Michael W. Taft‏ @OortCloudAtlas 18 Dec 2017
      Replying to @iwelsh

      We are not just evil, genocidal maniacs. We have just as many good qualities as bad. And it is of the upmost importance to emphasize these good qualities as much as possible.

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      Michael W. Taft‏ @OortCloudAtlas 18 Dec 2017
      Replying to @OortCloudAtlas @iwelsh

      Every living being contains the possibility of compassionate action. And it is that we need to emphasize, not our capacity for destructiveness.

      4:44 PM - 18 Dec 2017 from Berkeley, CA
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        2. Michael W. Taft‏ @OortCloudAtlas 18 Dec 2017
          Replying to @OortCloudAtlas @iwelsh

          As a species we haven’t been doing so good lately, it’s true. The answer is to try a lot harder to do better. Not to condemn us all as genocidal demons. And, yes, animals matter as much as people.

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        3. Ian Welsh‏ @iwelsh 18 Dec 2017
          Replying to @OortCloudAtlas

          At what point do our multiple genocides pass the point where we should be called evil, then? Is evil a word you can never use? If it isn't, what level of wrongdoing is required before you can say 'these people are evil'?

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        4. Michael W. Taft‏ @OortCloudAtlas 18 Dec 2017
          Replying to @iwelsh

          It’s a meaningless word. Like God or the devil.

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