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wasoxygen  ·  3449 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Democratic Tea Party

    legal permission to do things is equivalent to moral permission

That seems a bit self-defeating for someone who advocates against imposing legislation on people. If legislation makes people moral, we should wish for more legislation.

A more nuanced view is that trying to discourage immoral behavior with legislation can do more harm than good. Simply holding racist views is not illegal anyway.

The do-nothing extremist is my favorite kind of extremist.