I sometimes think it's necessary to give ammunition to beleaguered political factions, especially internet conservatives who really need a break from being attacked by internet leftists, although I am capable of changing my mind on that. Nice article.
You are so right to make this distinction. On Election Day one time, I encouraged my students not to vote--you know, just to mix it up a little bit, and because everyone else was encouraging them to vote. If you haven't done your homework on the issues involved in the election, consider that you may be a part of the problem, rather than the solution!
Still, we need a normative criterion to distinguish between these two kinds of politics. Part of the problem is that almost everyone *thinks* they are on the side of justice, and that everyone else is blinded by their own self-interest.
I sometimes think it's necessary to give ammunition to beleaguered political factions, especially internet conservatives who really need a break from being attacked by internet leftists, although I am capable of changing my mind on that. Nice article.
You are so right to make this distinction. On Election Day one time, I encouraged my students not to vote--you know, just to mix it up a little bit, and because everyone else was encouraging them to vote. If you haven't done your homework on the issues involved in the election, consider that you may be a part of the problem, rather than the solution!
Still, we need a normative criterion to distinguish between these two kinds of politics. Part of the problem is that almost everyone *thinks* they are on the side of justice, and that everyone else is blinded by their own self-interest.