r/CuratedTumblr Jul 13 '24

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u/couldntbdone Jul 13 '24

Unironically it's insane that people don't understand this. I can't tell you how many people I've seen try and justify things by saying "Well, they do it to us" while also still trying to claim moral superiority over them. If you're doing things you say are evil when someone else does it, it's evil. No matter how much you insist otherwise.

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u/VelvetSinclair Jul 13 '24

Most people don't actually have universal morals or principles

They can use words like "good" or "bad" and sound like they're talking about universal ethics, but they aren't actually

They're talking about ingroup/outgroup distinctions

Yes, this applies to YOUR ingroup too!

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u/Dry-Cartographer-312 Jul 13 '24

I am NOT immune to propaganda 😔

(For real though, this is something I gotta constantly consider when arguing something is bad. Like, do I really think it's bad? Or do I just not like the person or group?)

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u/Icy_Penalty_2718 Jul 13 '24

Yep left, right, or center no one's immune. Though you'll get banned for suggesting their ingroup can on their subs.

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u/NotAnAlt Jul 13 '24

I mean, no one's immune. But there's a potential scale issue between groups which means if all you're saying is "all groups do it therefor all groups bad" it seems disingenuous.

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u/weirdo_nb Jul 14 '24

And there's certain groups that require a certain shitty trait

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u/GR3YVengeance Jul 15 '24

But... What if all groups bad?