Re: Dissent can bring with it pain, even death.

On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 8:38 PM, Rami Rustom <[email protected]> wrote
>
>
 Why do people hate dissenters? What are they afraid of? Why do they
> want to shut us up?

Traditions, Norms, Individuals, organizations, collectives, societies,
movements, ideologies, philosophies, moralities tend to permit/welcome
dissent of a given range of categories, but  discourage, disapprove
of, react against dissent of another set of categories.

You ask why, Why do people hate [some] dissent. By and large it is
because they regard it as traitorous, immoral, evil, dehumanizing,
disgusting, vile, etc, etc. In most cases, dissenters who cross these
lines are given the 'benefit of the doubt'...they are assumed to be
acting out of ignorance, and provided with explanations and historical
reassurances the issues were resolved long ago, and this sort of
dissent is known to be harmful and immoral.

And so on and so on.

I am interested to know which components of what I describe above, do
not have parallels among Popperian's?

> Theists do it to atheists.
>
> Governments do it to their citize
>
> Psychiatrists do it to their patients.
>
> Parents do it to their children.
>
> Sometimes people try to silence their dissenters by force -- sometimes
> lethal force.
>
> Here's an example of dealing with dissenters by lethal force:
>
>
> http://www.change.org/en-CA/petitions/jason-kenney-minister-for-citizenship-and-immigration-give-refugee-status-imran-firasat-support-christians-hindus-of-pakistan?utm_source=guides&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=petition_created
>
> In Pakistan, Imran Firasat will be executed for dissenting -- by
> "dissenting" I mean apostasy and criticizing Islam.
>
> This petition, if successful, will save his life.
>
> -- Rami Rustom
> http://ramirustom.blogspot.com
>
> 


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