Mangy Tiger wrote this in the discussion of moderation thread
Although it may cause some intemperate reactions on both sides I think the discussion about robinrohan's comment on the old Vets he saw and the reaction it has provoked is an interesting discussion.
I agree.
Let's see if I can frame this issue in such a way that it is not personal. On the thread entitled "The Boasts of Atheists" I made the following comment:
A few weeks ago I went with my wife to the VA hospital locally (she was signing up for benefits). While she was filling out paperwork, I wandered around. I happened to go out this door into a sort of patio, and there I saw a lot of old men. Many of them were missing limbs. They didn't look like they had much money either. Shabbily dressed. Veterans of some war or other.
It was terrible. My heart went out to them.
This comment evoked a great deal of negative reaction. I was accused of all sorts of wickedness--of judging, of assuming, of being demeaning, of dehumanizing people and the like. One poster suggested I had no business feeling anything if I wasn't planning on helping these old men.
To my mind, these negative comments illustrate a perversion of moral feeling created by this obsession with being politically correct
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