tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post1656682335814399180..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: Quickies: “Democrats Are More Moral”Francis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-47241167122509466192018-10-09T10:49:11.342-04:002018-10-09T10:49:11.342-04:00In a way, this post inspired my own this morning (...In a way, this post inspired my own this morning (although on a very different topic - you will catch the similarity in the mode of thinking, though).<br /><br />I've been trying to articulate something that, perhaps, I just don't have the education or experience to get out quite the way I want to. I will try anyway.<br /><br />The way these people think is fundamentally wrong on many levels. Cart before the horse. Dinesh asks the question "why is this a moral issue?" The Leftist doesn't understand how it could be otherwise, because he thinks like this:<br /><br />1. Most scientists say man-made global warming is both true, and undesirable. <br />2. Thus government must take various drastic actions to slow or reverse the thing.<br />3. If you disagree with this, you are immoral.<br /><br />One may disagree with #1 on both factual and philosophical grounds. One can dispute the facts, the readings, and the interpretation of those facts. One can also dispute it on the grounds that it's not really a repeatable experiment, and thus isn't really science. As a result, the accuracy may be assumed to be less than if it were a repeatable experiment. Disagreements here imply no moral superiority or inferiority.<br /><br />One may agree with #1, but then disagree with #2, by stating something like "governments are typically terrible polluters themselves, we do not wish to trust them to fix this." They may suggest that the proposed government measures will be ineffective, cost too much relative to the benefit, or have side effects like Dinesh discusses - i.e. impoverishing developing countries. Again, not really a moral question so much as a discussion about the proper and effective actions.<br /><br />The Left wants to turn everything into a moral question, and then assume a position of implied moral superiority in order to guilt people into agreeing with them. "If you don't agree, you're not a good person." It's insidious, and must be exposed for what it is.Manuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13082153758868357687noreply@blogger.com