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It's the parent comment to mine that mentioned bigoted racism, I was just showing that the false equivalence between that and "SJWs" is a bit ridiculous. Just i

It's the parent comment to mine that mentioned bigoted racism, I was just showing that the false equivalence between that and "SJWs" is a bit ridiculous. Just in case you didn't read the parent comment to mine, here's the relevant part: >I've noted the eerie similarity between them and the bigoted people who used to racially bash me and my sister when we were children. If any of those people are like Steven Pinker, I'll pass. It's silly science-worshipping nonsense. Science/rationalism is good but it isn't the magical solution to all of the ills which plague humanity (as they like to make it seem).

ThomPete 9y ago
The similarity is definitely there in its tribal intolerance for other views. Claiming to fight for inequality becomes a bit hollow when the way you do that is to hinder other people from speaking. There is a space in between two unfortunate extremes of people who respect other peoples right to speak no matter how vile and uncomfortable it makes them feel.
stcredzero 9y ago
If any of those people are like Steven Pinker, I'll pass. It's silly science-worshipping nonsense. Science/rationalism is good but it isn't the magical solution to all of the ills which plague humanity (as they like to make it seem). Does Steven Pinker think he has all the answers? A fair reading of Steven Pinker would conclude anything but. He also knows full well that science isn't magic. However, the progress of science and industry has done way more to cure the ills of humanity than any other thing. Golda Meir was born to parents in conditions where parents would give birth to approaching 10 children in the hopes that a few would survive. It's vaccines, modern medicine, and bountiful food in modern societies which have changed that rotten equation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n5JYSl_ioA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n5JYSl_ioA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPt8ElTQMIg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPt8ElTQMIg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ramBFRt1Uzk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ramBFRt1Uzk

ThomPete 9y ago

The similarity is definitely there in its tribal intolerance for other views. Claiming to fight for inequality becomes a bit hollow when the way you do that is to hinder other people from speaking. There is a space in between two unfortunate extremes of people who respect other peoples right to speak no matter how vile and uncomfortable it makes them feel.

stcredzero 9y ago

If any of those people are like Steven Pinker, I'll pass. It's silly science-worshipping nonsense. Science/rationalism is good but it isn't the magical solution to all of the ills which plague humanity (as they like to make it seem). Does Steven Pinker think he has all the answers? A fair reading of Steven Pinker would conclude anything but. He also knows full well that science isn't magic. However, the progress of science and industry has done way more to cure the ills of humanity than any other thing. Golda Meir was born to parents in conditions where parents would give birth to approaching 10 children in the hopes that a few would survive. It's vaccines, modern medicine, and bountiful food in modern societies which have changed that rotten equation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n5JYSl_ioA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n5JYSl_ioA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPt8ElTQMIg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPt8ElTQMIg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ramBFRt1Uzk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ramBFRt1Uzk