• Ulrich@feddit.org
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    14 hours ago

    The point I’m trying to make is that everyone is wearing a mask for the same reason: to prevent retribution for their beliefs and according actions.

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      4 hours ago

      Your point is moot.

      For the people by the people or did you forget?

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        What do you think that phrase means? The gov just let’s people do whatever they want?

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      the government should always identify itself to the people

      the people should, by default, not be identified by the government

      the power imbalance is important: the government is a large and powerful entity which is meant to serve the people without prejudice. people are individually small, and only gain their power from being a large group. the government is given power by the people in order for it to perform tasks beneficial to all, and must be accountable to the people

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      14 hours ago

      There’s a difference between wearing a mask because you are engaging in wrongdoing and wearing a mask to prevent unjust retaliation. Even if the actual motive is the same, the implications are very different

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        The only difference is what you consider to be “wrong” or “just”.

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          I am not the arbiter of what is/isn’t wrong, but there are some general consensus among the public as well as pertinent legal frameworks.

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            13 hours ago

            I am not the arbiter of what is/isn’t wrong

            That’s what you’re doing though

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      14 hours ago

      Some beliefs require retribution. Some causes are righteous. Fuck off with your false equivalencies. Rioters aren’t employed by the people- law enforcement is.