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I constantly see this assumption from people who attack left-wing culture. It is a mistake to assume someone supports PC politics out of "virtue signaling" or a
by apozem 10y ago
I constantly see this assumption from people who attack left-wing culture. It is a mistake to assume someone supports PC politics out of "virtue signaling" or a desire to be socially accepted. Maybe some people do that, but many don't. Most of the time you won't have proof either way. Don't assume.
It is intellectually lazy to discount the possibility that someone could assess pro-diversity ideas with an open mind and simply find them superior. Regardless of your politics, that's just giving an opposing ideology the respect it deserves.
You don't know if this guy drifted left because of social pressure, and frankly that's a silly and disrespectful thing to assume.
- golergka 10y agoI would make the same point if he migrated from left to right in the similar circumstances. My logic is not based on the nature of the beliefs he expressed; only on a correlation between peer pressure and what he believes in.
- eli_gottlieb 10y agoDo you believe anyone ever actually takes any position out of genuine conscience?
- golergka 10y agoAbsolutes don't exist, and the world isn't black and white - which doesn't mean that everything is the same shade of 50% gray.