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If you examine any two values that you believe in close enough, you can find a place where they rub against each other. That friction doesn’t mean one is “anti”
by tobr 6y ago
If you examine any two values that you believe in close enough, you can find a place where they rub against each other. That friction doesn’t mean one is “anti” the other, just that you sometimes need to find a way to compromise.
A claim that pro-activism is anti-fellowship is only true if you are dogmatic and uncompromising about putting your fellowship first. Such a fellowship is otherwise known as a ‘cult’.
- WesolyKubeczek 6y agoAnd activism is when you're pushing a competing cult.
- ali0sha 6y agoLet's be clear, the 'activism' in question (at basecamp) is anti-racism. And if anti-racism is a competing cult, then you might want to switch sides.
- camelite 6y agoBeing unable to countenance good faith disagreement is not a persuasive argument against your ideology being a cult. As an alternative approach, you can cut the gordian knot of being against anti-racism without being in favor of racism by simply noting that the thing is not what it calls itself.
- username90 6y agoSelf proclaimed anti racists are often pro racism which leads to problems in workplaces where you have to work with a diverse set of individuals.