anagram wrote:
i'm listening if you do, but i suspect we just fundamentally disagree. i'm a pragmatist, or at least i like to believe i am one, and i don't see idealism as a virtue
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It's not idealism, it's solidarity. It is people letting those who are frightened and aggrieved right now, "we are here with you". That has a tremendous amount of practical value. Beyond that, things like this are keenly watched by policy-makers, and inform their decision-making.
This is anything but "idealism."
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