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This is true, and an important point. Do you think (not knowing any future outcome and admitting to oneself that it cannot be predicted for another pe...

Forced to hear the comment? So are you claiming a sort of consequentialism whereby an act is only as moral as to what the outcome of the act has done?...

Two things going on here that are troubling: 1) You don't seem to put any stock in emotional abuse. That's concerning. 2) The motive of someone trying...

Really good post.. I have to digest it now :D.

Offending has many shades here.. Is this friends clearly teasing each other, something understood in its context, or is this outright being mean to be...

Hey, in a way I agree but going about it differently. I simply advocate not making other people suffer by not having them. No need to worry if there i...

I think we have to distinguish what kind of asshole we are talking about. An asshole whose intent is to routinely try to emotionally denigrate or hurt...

I don't want to argue with you. You are uncharitable and a mean poster. Clearly we've argued a lot, and I am not shy of arguing your rebuttals over an...

The distinction can be as blurry or as narrow as you like between "good despite the bad" or "good in the bad". It still holds.

Hooo Hoooo

I mean, there are "escape routes" and there are "escape routes". Work/labor is not realistically inescapable except through very special conditions- a...

Buddhism sets up its own philosophy for this tension. As long as we have the ability to make distinctions like A is A and B is B, etc. then we have a ...

Good points.

Yes, people do make claims like these. They think they are subverting something bad or being "oh so clever". "Life has misery so misery must be someth...

But buddhism itself is inherently a "way" meaning there is "not the way". This tension. Between a way and not the way already sets itself up for the c...

You can probably find a large, remote tract of land somewhere and test your theory out if you really wanted.

I like this color fine.. is any one else reminded of coconut and caramel cookies with this color?

Good point

Many times that response is pretty mean too ha. Ok, but waste of time because the people are known already to respond a certain way. Your posts are pr...

Your response is surprisingly more idealistic, optimistic, and less esoteric than I thought, which is good. I can agree with most of these positions y...

But will he get convicted and removed? Doubtful

If this work situation is the most realistic of the best of all worlds that involve work and non-work, why do we procreate more people into this model...

I can get on board with all of those.

I mean this kind of talk reminds me of Trump.. "The only idiot is you". Just insults.. How is that contributing to something better? Maybe you unconsc...

Nixon comes to mind here..But notice he actually had the decency to LEAVE office once he saw the tapes come out and that other Republicans were now on...

Why wouldn't there be an answer of substance? The first step in change is recognizing what is fucked up.. It looks like he is just trying to get peopl...

Well, I did say a lot more than what you decided to quote. How would you take from what I wrote, that I wouldn't be for systematic solutions? And what...

You don't think there is at least some intentional malice going on with certain incidences of meanness? Though, I would agree that there are other fac...

Well, that is basically what my last post was trying to say.. I agree very much. What I meant by political battle is, at the end of the day Congress w...

Being that this is mainly a political battle over what is considered an Abuse of Power, it is up to both parties to a) come to an agreement of what th...

I'm a bit fascinated now by asymmetrical warfare. I consider what the evangelicals and Trump-supporters in general are doing asymmetrical warfare as a...

Very good definition there. Being that suffering is one of the most important things to consider in morality, I can very much get on board with the id...

Yes, it is hard to not ask for retribution from the mean person. Usually that means being mean back, a retaliation. But as you explained, no one wins ...

This just seems like mincing words and meanings- up is down, down is up.. A bit too Nietzscheanesque for me. So being nice is immoral because it hides...

And what is the criteria for just?

Is that a statement or command?

I notice you using "withdraw kindness". I think that's an interesting phrasing as withdrawing kindness assumes that the default is kindness. Perhaps t...

Is the method immoral? Is it simply consequential? Only if the consequences for that person are bad, is it bad? What if a mean person gets a lot of pr...

I meant, it's easy or easier to love your own children, but not others. Thus I was reiterating your example of treating coworkers and colleagues like ...

So, what would make it moral or immoral? If the other person thinks it is out of bounds? I'll ask the same thing I asked previous poster: For example,...

Is it ever appropriate to be mean? Spite might be one form of meanness. There can be others though, no? For example, you don't like someone's comment ...

So emotional pain is not a real thing?

That can make sense. What would be the moral way to handle unresolved negative emotions? Also, is it ever appropriate to be mean?

You'd really have to explain this for me to comment on. So, meanness comes from arrogance?

This is an interesting response but this would be about the British definition of "stingy" or "ungenerous" when this is more about the asshole kind of...

That's a really good point. People have many facets when in different situations. However, it is easier (perhaps?) to tolerate one's own kin than othe...

So hurting someone and being malicious with words is okay as long as you can get away. But can't words also cause trauma in others if done in a very c...

So if it's in the best interest of the mean person, it is not immoral? That seems to bypass the very definition of moral, unless you are a complete mo...

Some personality-types and leaders think meanness gets their point across. Perhaps they think it is effective, or don't call it "mean" but "bluntness"...

I see, you are explaining a possible origin of a mean act or person. Do you think all mean acts/people come from a place of unresolved conflict in som...