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Doesn't it feel somewhat hypocritical to accuse others of having their head in the sand whilst claiming slavery, genocide, racism and misogyny are uniquely west
by strangeattractr 5y ago
Doesn't it feel somewhat hypocritical to accuse others of having their head in the sand whilst claiming slavery, genocide, racism and misogyny are uniquely western phenomenon?
I think the irony of the self-loathing westerner, is that in believing their history is uniquely evil, are practising a sort of white supremacy. Not only in being completely oblivious to the history of other parts of the world. But by believing that only white people are/were so powerful that the evil they wrought could never be replicated by the much less powerful other races.
- Klinky 5y agoNo, because "other people did horrible things too" isn't a valid excuse.
- reaLg_move_in_3 5y agoFailing to acknowledge the failures of others and focusing on scapegoating problems onto a specific group(when others are guilty as well) is also not a valid position.
- Klinky 5y agoYou're not scapegoating a problem onto a specific group if that specific group actually perpetrated or benefited from the problematic behavior. Again, "other people did bad things" isn't a valid excuse for doing bad things.