Stephen Elliott
Posts: 1776 Joined: Oct. 2005
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Quote (Jim_Wynne @ Nov. 28 2011,09:38) | In reading through this thread and the other one regarding feminism, it occurs to me that there has never, to my knowledge, been a significant social movement that wasn't created and to some extent sustained by "radicals." Large-scale social change happens because of noisy people who refuse to shut up, and who invariably offend some people who might be sympathetic in general.
The current complaint about PZ is typical and predictable. It's helpful in such cases to look at the cumulative effects of the hyperbole (which is what the gelato man business is), rather than getting excited about individual instances. |
Isn't that approaching an "end justifies the means" argument? Is it OK to vilify an individual for the greater good? It seems like a scapegoat/set-an-example thing to me and I am uncomfortable about that.
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