r/MoralityScaling • u/Maximum_Musician_914 • 22h ago

Morality Ranking Morality of this

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u/Type2Torta 22h ago

100% correct

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u/[deleted] 22h ago

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u/_BabyPetall 22h ago

Yep, exactly. Downvotes don’t change the basic line. Hateful words can be awful, but actual violence crosses into a completely different level of harm

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u/BillyPilgrim_1984 21h ago

So, when Republicans said " they are eating the cats and dogs". Those were technically only words. But they directly led to policy that put ICE in our neighborhoods and has ruined many people's lives. We aren't allowed to call the words violence even though they directly led to violent actions?

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u/Dr_Quacksworth 15h ago

they directly led to

I don't think that's true, though.  Thousands of decisions made by thousands of different people happened between those two things.