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Passion guided by reason's avatar

> "I'm talking about somebody who poses a danger to a specific group of people"

This is the kind of rational concern that I consider vital, so we are strongly agreed. I never said that emotion can play no part, I'm just saying that emotion alone is a poor guide.

My point was that we should rationally explore such dangers and choose strategies which have traction on reducing them, rather than rely in immediate emotional reactions, which can produce both counterproductive policies which undermine our goals, and collateral injustices.

Note my screen name begins with "passion", but does not end there. I'm not trying to extinguish all emotion, just balance it out wisely.

I suspect we are essentially in agreement in this regard. Cheers.

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Steve QJ's avatar

"I never said that emotion can play no part, I'm just saying that emotion alone is a poor guide."

Oh yeah absolutely agreed. I'd never advocate blind emotionality. I'm often accused of not being emotional enough😅 I just meant that I don't think we can understand why it matters whether there's a racial element to a crime without allowing emotion to play its part.

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