Curated Tumblr

4394 readers

713 users here now

For preserving the least toxic and most culturally relevant Tumblr heritage posts.

The best transcribed post each week will be pinned and receive a random bitmap of a trophy superimposed with the author's username and a personalized message. Here are some OCR tools to assist you in your endeavors:

web
iOS
FOSS Android Recs per u/[email protected]: 1 , 2

Don't be mean. I promise to do my best to judge that fairly.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

696

Earl had to die (slrpnk.net)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

53 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

You seem to be under the impression that there's only 2 agruments here when in reality there is at least 3.

Your interpretation seems to be that Either Vigilante justice is never OK, or vigilante justice is always OK.

No one here is arguing that vigilante justice is always OK.

The argument here is between vigilante justice is always OK, and vigilante justice is sometimes OK.

The examples of slave revolts and lynchings of black people both fall into the camp of sometimes. Slave revolts are always morally good, while racist lynchings of black people are always not morally good. Both were illegal at the same time, but at no point is it argued that both are always morally good.