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You can have your personal opinion, and have every right to it- but this is about banding or herding folks to think like you. HMHM You thread should read: Why should I have any sympathy for the poor? If you don't -
to me, it's your loss as a human being. That is my opinion... which I have a right to.
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Originally Posted by tinytrump
Karma should come-- and strip him of all his goods- and I mean all, then lets see what he has to say.
This is vicious! Only an evil person can say things like this to a peaceful person.
This is vicious! Only an evil person can say things like this to a peaceful person.
I did not say it to you- it was a comment to another post-- and it is vicious to be cold and unsympathetic of poor people - but you are attacking me personally. done
I did not say it to you- it was a comment to another post-- and it is vicious to be cold and unsympathetic of poor people - but you are attacking me personally. done
Sure you did. You know what you did and you know who you are!
The same can be said about the rich. Not sure what your point is.
Except, many of the poor do not choose to be poor. That's an overgeneralization.
What does it mean to “choose to be poor?” Does it mean that one wakes up one day and says to themself, “I am going to be poor”? Or is the “choice” to be poor simply the result of a lifetime of bad choices?
You're confused, as usual. I didn't start the thread.
Who does the "We're" below refer to, if not you & the OP? Are you the same person, family members, friends, or do you just belong to the same brainwashed cult of Ayn Rand followers? In any event, both of you have been signaling your own virtue here throughout.
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Originally Posted by InformedConsent
Quite the contrary. We're expecting them to act like rational human beings. Yet, they are not doing so. That's on them.
Still curious about this part:
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Other-oriented virtue signaling is driven by extrinsic reasons, and specifically by the desire to improve the way that other people view the person who is virtue signaling. For example, a person engaging in other-oriented virtue signaling could be driven by the desire to make other people think that they’re a good person.
Self-oriented virtue signaling is driven by intrinsic reasons, and specifically by the desire to improve the way that the person who is virtue signaling feels about themself. For example, a person engaging in self-oriented virtue signaling could be driven by the desire to prove to themself that they’re a good person.
What does it mean to “choose to be poor?” Does it mean that one wakes up one day and says to themself, “I am going to be poor”? Or is the “choice” to be poor simply the result of a lifetime of bad choices?
That's a good question. Such statements are believed by people who choose to be uninformed and uneducated. This would be defined by people unwilling to learn. A better question is why should anybody have sympathy for the uninformed and uneducated?
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I didn't start the thread.
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