[quote=DomoArigato]You can’t do nuance, can you? Is a parking ticket the same in your mind as a murder conviction? Are you seriously trying to make the argument that people shouldn’t be protesting against criminals on Wall Street just because they have jobs and 401(k)s?
For me to exhibit the same level of hypocrisy that EconProf is exhibiting, I’d have to tell other people to drop out of their 401(k)s while keeping mine. That’s not what I’m doing or saying.
I guess in your mind, no one should ever go to jail because we’ve all at least jaywalked or violated some other minor law right? If jaywalkers don’t go to jail then why should someone who embezzles $10 billion be made to go to jail? Why should a rapist or murderer have to go to jail if a jaywalker is not put in jail?
Hitler would have loved to have people like you in Nazi Germany. As soon as he took power, you would have proclaimed loudly and often that any statements against Hitler by those with jobs were hypocritical because any job would at least tangentially benefit Hitler in some way.
One of the things that separates the U.S. from Communist China is that there is a strong culture of protesting against the crimes of those who have money and power in the U.S.A. If you want to live in a society where seldom a discouraging word is spoken against those with money and power I suggest that you move to Communist China.[/quote]
Let me repeat what I said before. We all are somewhat hypocrites. Some are more than other. You’re trying to make things black and white, while what I’m trying to say is we all are some shade of gray.
Drawing that sort of false equivalences and accusations doesn’t make your argument any stronger. AFAIK, EconProf doesn’t tell people to return their pension check. He plainly said the pension system needs reform and it’s unsustainable. So your 401k argument of telling people to drop out of their 401k doesn’t apply.
Let us be clear, I’m against and appalled by the fraud on WS as much as the next guy. However, I don’t clump all the 1% into WS fraudsters. If OWS is restricted and focused on just the fraudsters on WS, I’d gladly donate to their cause. However, I don’t believe in their stance against the 1%. So, you’re 100%, not just 99%, wrong on the Hitler AND Communist China statements.
Feel free to exercise your freedom of speech. I have nothing against it. But don’t get butt hurt when people point out some of your hypocrisies while you’re calling others a hypocrite. I admit that sometimes, I’m a hypocrite myself. Which is why I said we all are hypocrites. To say, oh, you’re a hypocrite, so your argument doesn’t matter is basically saying no one’s argument matter, since we all are hypocrites.
