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In reply to the discussion: Parents stuck on I-40 during protest call paramedics to help young son [View all]Igel
(35,383 posts)8. Anger's justified.
Anger doesn't justify.
There's a very big difference between the two, and it's not just grammatical voice.
In a very real way, the protest was almost responsible for hurting this child. That doesn't entail not having a right to be angry. The right to be angry doesn't make it okay to almost hurt the child, or as seems to be the case, make the possibility just vanish and absolve all responsibility.
They can find a way to either not hurt the innocent or do as was done in the "good old days" past, give people a choice to avoid being hurt. Surely that's within their capacity and they're not just made foolish or uncaring or even vindictive by rage.
You present a false dilemma. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_dilemma
You stand corrected.
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Parents stuck on I-40 during protest call paramedics to help young son [View all]
TipTok
Jul 2016
OP
The attempt to bring down white wrath against the protesters is because the protesters,
Judi Lynn
Jul 2016
#94
You are right, peace13.A lot of energy's spent trying to devaluate the protesters, it won't work.n/t
Judi Lynn
Jul 2016
#97
the plethora of like posts concerned about medical emergencies during L.A. rush hour is deafening...
LanternWaste
Jul 2016
#37
Justifying a deliberate condition by comparing it to an unavoidable one is fallacious
LongtimeAZDem
Jul 2016
#55
Apparently the incident has now been turned, in that inevitable internet way,
mahatmakanejeeves
Jul 2016
#67
My bad. Sometimes there are so many alarming (but false) stories making the rounds that
mahatmakanejeeves
Jul 2016
#71
a grassroots political movement and the governor of a state have very different kinds of power
anigbrowl
Jul 2016
#101
That's completely useful, helpful, and interesting. Welcome to D.U., heresAthingdotcom. n/t
Judi Lynn
Jul 2016
#102
like the ambulance driver said, similar to to their routine traffic accident calls
Sunlei
Jul 2016
#105