• JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    My convictions are easy to express: I’m against first-degree murder. It really is that simple. And you are not.

    To be clear, I’m also against judicial killing (capital punishment) in all circumstances. For exactly the same reason: it is never right to kill a defenseless person who poses no immediate threat to you. End of story. This is about as watertight a morality as you could ask for.

    This is also roughly the teaching of the Catholic church. But I’m not a Catholic, nor even a pacifist.

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      16 hours ago

      I’m looking forward to your “honest debate” in every thread related to murder and capital punishment, but I know this is the only victim you’ll be defending in the near future. While you accuse others of dishonesty, it’s classic projection of your own moral fallings.

      When posters say their convictions are simple “innocent until proven guilty and having the right to competent defense” they’re dishonest because “this is the only thread we’re in, what a coincidence /s”. Why the same logic doesn’t apply to you is a mystery.

      Also this wasn’t first degree murder in New York, that is reserved for the premeditated murder of specific classes of people such as law enforcement. If you’re going to have these “clear and easy to express convictions” at least be accurate and clear about it.

      I had you tagged as “conservative pseudointellectual” from previous interactions and it’s been accurate EVERY TIME I run into you. You consistently defend capitalism and conservatism, and now Catholicism for some reason? Against the interestes of the population in general.

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        15 hours ago

        This is all over the place. Clearly this fact is driving you to distraction but, yes, my principles are very simple and this debate is very simple. I am against murder, and apparently you are not. End of story.

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          12 hours ago

          Ah, my apologies. I’ll make sure to stick to one argument at a time so that you can understand.

          You’re a troll. You think your opinions are “enlightened” or “rational” but they’re not. What you excel at is upsetting people by being abrasive. Look at your comment history and the downvotes you get on nearly every subject. When you speak, you do so in a way that’s upsetting to people. It’s not WHAT you say, but rather HOW you say it that creates this reaction. You’re just a troll and you’ve somehow convinced yourself that the downvotes are proof that you’re right and everyone else is wrong.

          Upsetting your fellow humans is not the mark of a good person, nor is it the mark of an intelligent one.

          The rare time you use your intelligence to form a coherent empathetic argument you get hundreds of people supporting you. Maybe try to build off that instead of feeling proud of your abrasive countenance.