Comments on: Pop-philosophy: Equal Treatment for all? http://braunhaus.org/interrobang/2009/09/21/pop-philosophy-equal-treatment-for-all/ What were you expecting?! Tue, 20 Jul 2010 02:33:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Adam http://braunhaus.org/interrobang/2009/09/21/pop-philosophy-equal-treatment-for-all/comment-page-1/#comment-5242 Adam Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:19:02 +0000 http://braunhaus.org/interrobang/?p=574#comment-5242 Respect and disagreement can coexist in a healthy way. As long as I treat you civilly, with Christ-like love and respect for your rights to choose whatever you decide to choose in life, there is room to stand up and speak out against opposing viewpoints. And just because someone speaks out against a cause doesn't mean they don't respect (or treat civilly) those who do support the cause. In fact, I see this as a fundamental flaw in various facets of our society today -- if you don't agree with me, you must be thinking I am a lower form of life, so now I must fight harder and louder to convince you I am right and show you you are wrong. That's the point where freedom of speech can get really annoying, and it shouldn't be that way. Respect and disagreement can coexist in a healthy way. As long as I treat you civilly, with Christ-like love and respect for your rights to choose whatever you decide to choose in life, there is room to stand up and speak out against opposing viewpoints. And just because someone speaks out against a cause doesn’t mean they don’t respect (or treat civilly) those who do support the cause. In fact, I see this as a fundamental flaw in various facets of our society today — if you don’t agree with me, you must be thinking I am a lower form of life, so now I must fight harder and louder to convince you I am right and show you you are wrong. That’s the point where freedom of speech can get really annoying, and it shouldn’t be that way.

]]> By: WhiteEyebrows http://braunhaus.org/interrobang/2009/09/21/pop-philosophy-equal-treatment-for-all/comment-page-1/#comment-5125 WhiteEyebrows Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:45:19 +0000 http://braunhaus.org/interrobang/?p=574#comment-5125 I think you've hit the nail on the head. It also goes for religion. I can be annoyingly and publicly religious, or I can just live my religion and afford other people the same liberty. It doesn't mean we have to hide who we are, it just means we don't need to go parading it around like some kind of cause or freakshow. I think you’ve hit the nail on the head.

It also goes for religion. I can be annoyingly and publicly religious, or I can just live my religion and afford other people the same liberty. It doesn’t mean we have to hide who we are, it just means we don’t need to go parading it around like some kind of cause or freakshow.

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