Murray Cole 🗽🇺🇲

Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience. -Adam Smith

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@SwannMarcus89 They believe BECAUSE it's true is why America needs to be decolonized.

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@wil_da_beast630 Context and details matter for all of them. Pedophilia is the most reflexively and instinctually grotesque, murder a close runner up.

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@tracewoodgrains High conscientiousness matters to me, which is why I do appreciate your perspective and upbringing. I just wonder if tradition must always leave someone being "queered" and at risk for radicalization. Perhaps they're just always going to be in tension. (2/2)

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@tracewoodgrains My cultural preference, I think, is having something resembling traditional family and culture as an aspirational ideal that has room at the margins for exceptions and grace. I don't want openness to mean an attack on what I believe are ultimately pro-social practices. (1/2).

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@tracewoodgrains "Queerness" here seems to be a way of expressing and processing being "other" in an environment of traditional, conservative religiosity. I wonder, do you think there's a world where someone could be gay but due to their upbringing not meaningfully experience "queerness"?

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@tracewoodgrains I like gay because it is linguistically clean and largely unambiguous. I get there is also a real utility in descriptors that are vague and broad enough for details that fall through the cracks (even if exploited at times). I am apprehensive, but I respect the vantage point.

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@tracewoodgrains Long term fan of your writing, discovered you on Blocked and Reported. Asking with the utmost respect, even if I feel the opposite on this subject.

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@tracewoodgrains Do you think it's fair to be concerned that, given the history and social milieu, the term is inextricably tied to politics and political identity? I don't believe I personally could ever use it because I do think it's a deliberate Trojan horse for radical ideologies.

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@JRLOakley @SkoczSteven I've been out as gay my whole adult life. Certainly I've seen my share of bigoted comments and words. Never once have I ever worried a Christian or Republican were going to murder me, that's insane (They're not Hezbollah). Let's get real.

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@AlexanderPayton 🤡

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@AlexanderPayton This is why we can't have nice things.

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@ArtemisConsort Don't worry about the *remaining 1%".  I turned away from utilitarianism because people can find ways to rationalize anything.  Some things are too barbaric at their core and best just left quarantined/off-limits. (2/2)

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@ArtemisConsort I don't think there's a universally/objectively correct system of moral reasoning; I think they make sense contextually. I do think deontological thinking can be very broadly useful for setting guardrails. "This will work well 99% of the time for most people's purposes(1/2)

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@RobertMSterling Perfect capture of the moment. Glad to be part of history! 🇺🇸🦬✌️

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@xwanyex My empirical outlook leaves little room for God in my world. Utilitarian morality can be chilling though. I'm grateful to have Christian morality if for no other reason than it offers warmth and an attractive alternative to barbarism. I have no problem offering this concession.

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@AlexanderPayton Civilization is hauntingly brief and precarious. A cosmic miracle to treasure at all cost.

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@AlexanderPayton Cheers! 🥂 Let freedom ring!

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@BriannaWu @RashidaTlaib Louder for the ones in the back 🙌

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@JeremiahDJohns For progressives it's a feature, not a bug.

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@GayRepublicSwag Permissible, but high risk for exploitation. Good cause for concern.