Damus
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a source familiar with the matter · 61w
The correct way to form an opinion is to ask whether something benefits you and your personal agenda. If this is the way you are thinking, you are not going to make a judgement call on the morality or...
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Andy @Andy
Wut.

Is the suggestion that it's not possible to support something on principal?

I'd agree, many people lie about it, or at least lie to themselves about it. But like, take free speech as an example. It's common for folks to support their ideological opponents rights to speak against them. No?
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a source familiar with the matter · 61w
I think genuine support for free speech is quite rare. But to actually answer your question, I think the question of what your principles are / should be is meant to be related to self-interest. It's not that you can't have principles, it's that you shouldn't blindly accept the principles of other...