I appreciate the thoughts as always Sean. And I think having empathy for people who hate you silently is one thing, as you might all human beings that exist, but spending time to promote/endorse them? Feels like their emotions have been weaponized against them. I don't know how else to interpret that one.
I appreciate the thoughts as always Sean. And I think having empathy for people who hate you silently is one thing, as you might all human beings that exist, but spending time to promote/endorse them? Feels like their emotions have been weaponized against them. I don't know how else to interpret that one.
Also re: the loans thing, perhaps better parameters could solve these things. With empathy here should come lots of accountability up front. Our tolerance for fraud here is clearly just not high enough.
"Palestine" doesn't hate queers. Hamas does. I personally know several queer Palestinians. Queers can totally support the Palestinian cause for freedom from an apartheid state without supporting Hamas's brutal backwardness. Those ideas are not mutually exclusive. I know because I'm able to hold them both in my mind at the same time with no problem. You should try it.
Maybe they understand what it's like to be persecuted? I don't think we need to map our own belief systems onto theirs, just respect their agency to feel empathy.
re: loans, I don't think it's possible to create such huge programs and not have a significant amount of fraud. There are too many people interested in taking the easy path by doing fraud instead of working hard, and it's not cost effective to try and create air tight programs.
Government programs will always be subject to fraud, and it scales with the size of the program. It's not just the US, it happens everywhere.
I did hear they are actively prosecuting many of the fraudsters so perhaps those stories will serve as cautionary tale for people. It's really not worth it to have the gov pursuing you for stuff like that or tax fraud. Living with that anxiety is def its own punishment even if they don't catch you.
I appreciate the thoughts as always Sean. And I think having empathy for people who hate you silently is one thing, as you might all human beings that exist, but spending time to promote/endorse them? Feels like their emotions have been weaponized against them. I don't know how else to interpret that one.
Also re: the loans thing, perhaps better parameters could solve these things. With empathy here should come lots of accountability up front. Our tolerance for fraud here is clearly just not high enough.
"Palestine" doesn't hate queers. Hamas does. I personally know several queer Palestinians. Queers can totally support the Palestinian cause for freedom from an apartheid state without supporting Hamas's brutal backwardness. Those ideas are not mutually exclusive. I know because I'm able to hold them both in my mind at the same time with no problem. You should try it.
Yes as I said in the post we want to free Palestine from Hamas! If that's what they are actually protesting for, they have moral clarity here
Maybe they understand what it's like to be persecuted? I don't think we need to map our own belief systems onto theirs, just respect their agency to feel empathy.
re: loans, I don't think it's possible to create such huge programs and not have a significant amount of fraud. There are too many people interested in taking the easy path by doing fraud instead of working hard, and it's not cost effective to try and create air tight programs.
Government programs will always be subject to fraud, and it scales with the size of the program. It's not just the US, it happens everywhere.
I did hear they are actively prosecuting many of the fraudsters so perhaps those stories will serve as cautionary tale for people. It's really not worth it to have the gov pursuing you for stuff like that or tax fraud. Living with that anxiety is def its own punishment even if they don't catch you.