Is mercy just the same thing as weakness?

[msc545]

It sure seems like the right wing thinks so, based on what I've heard and seen and read.

[jshm2]

Lol, they dimwits are just fools with little understanding of the real world. Hence why they rely on narrative so much.

They scream about "Blacks" until they need a nurse or builder. They scream about "immigrants" until they need their car fixed, or farm managed... Etc etc.

They are takers of society. A parasite who wants to feed on your mercy, and deny everyone else access.

[canamlusciouslad73]

No. LACK of mercy is weakness;mercy is an non-negotiable part of true humanity.

[ChiTown33]

Does THIS look like weakness?

Man is flawed and easily distracted. If the right wing claims to have heard God's word and considers weakness mercy then they didn't understand his message.

it's a tough world. God ALLOWS Satan dominion over it.

"God makes us strong only for a while so we can HELP eachother" -Sean Connery as King Arthur in the movie First Knight

https://www.youtube.com/embed/nlALmOx8Sk0

[loveslongnails]

They think a lot of stupid things, don´t they? They also think there is no reason to give kids a polio vaccine because there have not been many cases of polio in the USA in the last 70 years, you know, since right about the time the vaccines came out and were mandatory. LOL

[MartinKlingac]

Not at all. Mercy actually takes a lot of strength. It's easy to retaliate or hold a grudge, but choosing to forgive takes real power

[choco-latte]

No, sometimes it’s just common sense and maturity

[SeekerOfTruth007]

lol. So liberals can kill their own babies and get away with it, but you think Conservatives have no mercy?

Man. Your priorities are ass backwards.

[Sevenpointfive]

it depends on what for. stealing a potato? be merciful. stealing your queen's virginity? I don't know?

[msc545]

If somebody needed that potato to keep from starving to death. And yes, Mercy might be a good idea.

[RachyRach]

Not in all contexts

[msc545]

Can you answer the question: do you believe mercy and weakness are the same thing?

[RachyRach]

I did. I said not in all contexts.

[msc545]

What differentiates it?

[RachyRach]

You can have mercy on someone who is no position to help themselves. That's a sign of strength not weakness.

[6942Dantheman]

As a conservative, no they are not. what did you see, read or hear?

[Staximus]

There’s a time for mercy and it doesn’t apply to people who do terrible shit

[msc545]

Okay, so are mercy and weakness the same thing?

[Staximus]

No, sometimes it takes strength to be merciful in order to not give in to emotions

[msc545]

Of course, you are one of the people who decides whether or not other people have done terrible shit, right?

[Staximus]

Well who else is going to decide, Santa Claus or the Easter bunny?

[msc545]

Certainly not you or me. Maybe the courts?

[Staximus]

Legal authority doesn’t mean the court is some kind of moral authority

[msc545]

Uneducated opinions don't qualify at all.

[Staximus]

They qualify every time a verdict is left up to a jury, pally

[Staximus]

And that verdict is swayed by attorneys, and if you think attorneys are ethical, well you just fell off the turbo turnip truck

[msc545]

I don't think any particular occupation or class of people are necessarily ethical. I also don't think that mobs should get to decide much of anything.

[NathanDavis]

nope

[MrChinaski]

Nope.