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I'm surprised to see your comment is voted up to the top place. The moment I read your comment, I could imagine what people would say with outrage: tone deaf; y
by hintymad 6y ago
I'm surprised to see your comment is voted up to the top place. The moment I read your comment, I could imagine what people would say with outrage: tone deaf; you just don't care; you're a racist so you don't see the racism in such oppressive language; if someone feels offended, then the language is offensive so we must take it out; if you're not with us, the you're against us, etc and etc.
I personally always wonder where the boundary is for such demand of total conformity. Anyone who's familiar with The French Revolution and The Chinese Cultural Revolution will be cautious, to say the least, because it is so easy to see how much evil was done in the name of righteousness. That said, I find it hard to argue about the framework of this second-international-like movement. After all, you're tone-deaf if you deny that a phrase may be offensive to even one person, right? Moral high ground, well, is a high ground.