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No, but it's important that we control and police language and shove PC culture into your head at absolutely any opportunity and just grind and grind and grind
by Helmet 9y ago
No, but it's important that we control and police language and shove PC culture into your head at absolutely any opportunity and just grind and grind and grind away at any artifact of traditional culture.
Case in point - see the 900 post Tesla Falcon Heavy thread, where the majority of the discussion centered around a tangential point over gender expectations.
- quadrature 9y agoCould you elaborate on parts of traditional culture that you think are under attack and are valuable enough to protect ?
- Helmet 9y agoAbsolutely every single part of it? Have you stepped outside, or spoken to anyone in the country that isn't a part of the coastal bourgeoisie?
- warent 9y agoConsidering that traditional culture in my perspective includes racism, sexism, and homophobia, I'll have to pass on whatever point you're trying to make right now
- Helmet 9y agoNot at all - I abhor racism, sexism, and homophobia. My point has more to do with our general indulgence in materialism, offensive and gaudy cultural products (such as music that is highly denigrating and much of TV), a general contempt for anything religious or sacred, and our habit of placing relatively minor issues on the pedestal, while doing little in the way of pursuing policy that would benefit most people.
- quadrature 9y agoI dont think any of this is under attack by means of the "minor issues" that are addressed on HN sometimes. Everyone has their own cause to champion and I think that the ones you've mentioned are worthy things to address. It doesn't have to be an either/or proposition.
- quadrature 9y agoFor the purpose of conversation could you actually give a few examples of what you're talking about ?.
- dang 9y agoIf you're talking about https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16319505 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16319505, that's so far from true that I can't even find the comments you're talking about.