"being uncomfortable isn’t a mandate to reconfigure society."
Except increasingly, it is. Uncomfortable with speech? Let's outlaw it. Uncomfortable with guns? Let's outlaw them. Uncomfortable with other people having privacy? Let's go back to general warrants. Uncomfortable with rich people having too much money? Let's tax it away.
"being uncomfortable isn’t a mandate to reconfigure society."
Except increasingly, it is. Uncomfortable with speech? Let's outlaw it. Uncomfortable with guns? Let's outlaw them. Uncomfortable with other people having privacy? Let's go back to general warrants. Uncomfortable with rich people having too much money? Let's tax it away.
Let's not conflate the words "mandate" and "excuse."