"The concern with slavery is the innocence of victim. When that’s removed, it’s no longer controversial. At least it shouldn’t be."

sue_me_please@awful.systems · 4 months ago

"The concern with slavery is the innocence of victim. When that’s removed, it’s no longer controversial. At least it shouldn’t be."

slopjockey@awful.systems · 4 months ago

Scrooge was a fucking pussy and he should have told those ghosts to suck him in hell

self@awful.systems · 4 months ago

so as I was reading that I was forming a sneer along the lines of “ghosts transcending both time and death to show me the consequences of my worldview is a classical fallacy, checkmate Dickens” but they just fucking go for it there at the end

zbyte64@awful.systems · 4 months ago

Appeals to fiction are a fallacy. Not let me explain why X group is bad based on an extremely contrived hypothetical.

bitofhope@awful.systems · 4 months ago

Appeal to thanatority!

"The concern with slavery is the innocence of victim. When that’s removed, it’s no longer controversial. At least it shouldn’t be."

"The concern with slavery is the innocence of victim. When that’s removed, it’s no longer controversial. At least it shouldn’t be."

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