Arguing from compassion (2021)
This is a really good idea for people who are thoughtful and genuinely want to learn the truth. There problems with it in practice.<p>Some people have made their political ideology the foundation that they build their ego on. Any disagreement is intolerable. Others are not thoughtful enough to understand that there can be genuine disagreement in the world of both thought and action which needs to be tolerated.<p>These people will ruin any concept of starmanning that catches hold by using it as a passive-aggressive cudgel (&quot;I&#x27;m sure you are a good person and therefore you will immediately cease your opposition and accept my arguments!&quot;, &quot;I&#x27;m sure you want to be a good person and therefore can&#x27;t really believe these things you are saying, which are only for bad people!&quot;, &quot;Why are you resisting when I&#x27;m starmanning you, you must be Hitler 2.0&quot;).<p>But without labelling it, I do endorse the technique. Almost everyone wants the world to get better.