• ampersandrew@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    But if you don’t care about the context that it comes from, you may as well say you don’t agree with “Greed is good” from Wall Street either.

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      2 days ago

      The context does not matter for our discussion. I evaluate the quote by itself, not as a quote, but as a standalone statement. There is nothing wrong with that approach. Why? Because the quote is used in context of OUR discussion, not in context of the film. It is applied as reasoning to our topic that has nothing to do with the film or its origin. And I disagree with that reasoning.

      I don’t know how to explain it else. Edit: Simply, I don’t care what the comic character has a reason for to say that. It has 0 impact on what I believe is right or wrong.