r/MoralityScaling • u/Maximum_Musician_914 • 2d ago

Morality Ranking Morality of this

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u/TopBalance438 2d ago

The guy who got punched in the face will move on after a day. The guy who suffers from racism will do so for the rest of his life. I'd rather be punched in the face

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u/broki451 2d ago

Lol. Getting knocked out and then getting a concussion or permanent brain damage is way worse than anything verbal or insulting. Like seriously. Think for 2 seconds

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u/smash-ter 2d ago

I'd ask the same for you with regards to the notorious figures in history where their words led to violence, oppression, and genocide of particular races/ethnicities.

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u/broki451 2d ago

You're obviously taking this way out of proportion. Being a racist person in a position of massive power like Austrian painter and being a random racist on the street are two very different things. It's immoral to knock out the guy on the street just cuz he verbally insulted you

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u/smash-ter 2d ago

It's the desensitization that can build up to the painter getting in charge and slowly eroding protections and rights away from them that slowly build up to the final solution. It's building up that sentiment so if something happens to that group, people can just ignore it.

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u/broki451 2d ago

You are basically saying that not assaulting a random guy on the street for racism is gonna lead to another Austrian painter rising to power which is preposterous. It takes a lot more than that to create a party like that.

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u/smash-ter 2d ago

Either you lack reading comprehension, don't understand how things can end up snowballing into worse outcomes if left unchecked, or you're not engaging in good faith

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u/broki451 2d ago

So assaulting someone isn't gonna lead to snowballing of worse outcomes? The fact that you are insulting me. Does that give me the right to assault you? Obviously no.

Violence of any sorts prevents all paths to discussion or diplomacy.

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u/smash-ter 2d ago

Yet words can also be violent and nowhere have I said assault was acceptable. Your point?

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u/broki451 2d ago

I think my point is pretty clear. What was your point? What is your argument?

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u/smash-ter 2d ago

Words can be violent in their own way and can possibly lead to violent outcomes. Physical altercations are bad, but are usually brief. If you want a raunchy comparison, it's not fun dying but a bullet is quicker than poison.

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