If you don't speak out, you're complicit?

Personally, I disagree with this statement as an absolute. While I can agree with the statement under the right conditions, I mostly see it being used to promote dichotomous thinking. Do you agree, disagree?

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TexChik · F

The Only Thing Necessary for the Triumph of Evil is that Good Men Do Nothing

TheSeptikSkeptik · 46-50, M

@TexChik I have a few problems with this statement. First, evil needs to be defined and demonstrated otherwise the argument is just "If you don't believe in what I believe in, you're my enemy."

TexChik · F

@TheSeptikSkeptik sounds like liberal nonsense to me . Evil is evil , as in good vs evil .

TheSeptikSkeptik · 46-50, M

@TexChik It's actually called reasoning and it isn't politically biased. It's a tried and true methodology like mathematics and science. Your comment also expresses exactly what I was talking about. Dichotomous thinking. You are just creating a false dichotomy between people who agree with you on a subject and those who do not. What is "evil" to you? How do you define it? Then, how do you demonstrate that what you believe falls under the criteria that you have set for good/evil?