tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835063886876365150.post606894046409459301..comments2023-05-16T10:50:33.775-04:00Comments on The Electoral College Student: PO'd by PC: Political Correctness is Not OKAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01428295174262920096noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835063886876365150.post-27544121443015442082008-09-24T00:15:00.000-04:002008-09-24T00:15:00.000-04:00No problem, Mark. I think it's a national embarras...No problem, Mark. I think it's a national embarrassment when we can't even follow our own principles and allow Americans to exercise their constitutional freedom of speech, such as in the circumstances you listed.<BR/><BR/>I don't think your views are crazy, either. I'm not in agreement with everything you say, but I can see where you've come to your conclusions. <BR/><BR/>I believe that no one has a monopoly on moral reasoning; but logic is much more objective. Logic cannot possibly allow for all diversity of opinion. I am not in opposition to diversity of opinion: I am in opposition to everyone claiming logic as a basis for their own opinions. There are certain conditions that must be fulfilled for a position to be a valid, logical one. And not every argument can satisfy these conditions.<BR/><BR/>But I believe that your opinions are logical.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01428295174262920096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835063886876365150.post-83087844138252316242008-09-23T23:53:00.000-04:002008-09-23T23:53:00.000-04:00Thanks a lot Alex. I am certainly not ashamed of ...Thanks a lot Alex. I am certainly not ashamed of my own views. I let people know what I think without pause. <BR/><BR/>I am glad I live in this time period. If i lived during world war one or during the McCarthy era, I might be thrown in jail.<BR/><BR/>I certainly don't think my views are crazy. I believe my views are the results of logical moral reasoning. Murder is wrong, so then to killing someone just because they belong to a country that your nation believes is evil is also wrong. Racism is wrong, the color of a person skin has no bearing on their abilities. These things seem obvious to me.Mark K Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219517452807148342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835063886876365150.post-81190510297475688102008-09-23T23:29:00.000-04:002008-09-23T23:29:00.000-04:00Mark, if I live in a country where I can't run for...Mark, if I live in a country where I can't run for office because I like listening to you, then I live in the wrong country. If I lived in a country where I couldn't run for office because I like listening to Matt, then I'd also be living in the wrong country. We Americans can't be afraid to share our opinions, no matter how unpopular or "extreme" they may be considered. America is supposed to be a tolerant nation, where other peoples' ideas are listened to. I know it's unrealistic for me to expect this all the time, with my knowledge of our past history, that opinions of all people would be tolerated equally. But I believe that this could happen because I do love this country and what it purportedly stands for; just not always the people who run it and influence it or the way it is run. <BR/><BR/>Also, if the things you stand for are crazy, then I am also crazy. I do not always agree with you, but I do agree with a good deal of what you say. Not wanting to kill other people and using reason are not extremist things to me. It's ridiculously ironic in this country that if you hate Muslims or other minorities you'll be called intolerant, but never be lableled as an extremist. But if you abhor violence, then you are called an extremist. It makes no sense. If intolerance is not called extreme, then I would rather be called extreme. Whatever the truth is, I will follow it, whatever may happen to me in the process. You are a great person, and I would never be ashamed to be associated with you; rather, I would embrace it.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01428295174262920096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835063886876365150.post-9507572978258944702008-09-23T23:00:00.000-04:002008-09-23T23:00:00.000-04:00Woah, thanks for the shout-out, haha.You sure you ...Woah, thanks for the shout-out, haha.<BR/><BR/>You sure you want to link a crazy left-wing extremist like me? It could be dangerous. With all my hateful ideas like pacifism.<BR/><BR/>One day if you run for political office they might link you to me, William Ayers style. Could be a lot of trouble.Mark K Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219517452807148342noreply@blogger.com