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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][i]If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.[/i]

By this logic, by not choosing team A, team A will tell me I’ve chosen team B. But if I don’t choose team B either, team B will tell me that I’ve chosen team A.[/quote]

OK, but you're assuming both teams are equal. This quote specifically says it's in time of injustice. So if team A is oppressing team B, it doesn't matter what team A or B think about your choice - your inaction is a tacit approval of the injustice and the oppression, which team A is perpetrating. You're choosing team A because you're choosing status quo, and they control status quo.

This quote is predicated on a known injustice. If you were watching slave owners and slaves, and you remained neutral, you're choosing the side of the slave owners. Surely that feels obvious? I think you're struggling with it because you're applying it to a conflict where you're not sure who has made the injustice (maybe Israel/Palestine, or maybe in projecting?) [/quote]

It doesn't say known injustice. The quote assumes there is a clear bright line between justice and injustice that can be determined by some wise arbiter. [/quote]

Exactly! Real life isn't like [i]The Lord of the Rings"[/i] or [i]Star Wars[/i] where you have "good guys" and "bad guys".[/quote]

Yup. In this world there doesn’t even seem be such thing as a solid fact. Who the oppressor is is just not always clear. When people say “if you don’t side with ME you are supporting injustice” they’re really saying “accept my judgment as to who the oppressor is in this situation and what the facts are”. And often “if you don’t accept my judgment as to these things, you are a terrible person and I will do everything in my power to make your life hell.”

It’s quite a time we’re living in. [/quote]

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