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> The charges of anti-Semitism need to be acknowledged. Does it? He's dead. What's with the ever-present compulsion to linger, especially by social media med
by pwdisswordfish8 5y ago
> The charges of anti-Semitism need to be acknowledged.
Does it? He's dead. What's with the ever-present compulsion to linger, especially by social media medalists bent on writing volumes?
What is there even to say? "Anti-Semitism is bad, folks." "Okay."
I kind of assume that most historical figures were a piece of shit in some way. (Fun fact: even in cases where the assumption doesn't hold up, the effect is null; there is no downside to starting from this assumption and letting yourself be wrong.) Doesn't everyone else? Or has everyone been living their lives this whole time thinking any differently, so these kinds of things come as a shock, rather than being the expectation?
- Banana699 5y agoIt's part of the "Everything Is Political" trend, as in "how dare you have any conversation that doesn't involve my favorite grievience X" where X usually ranges over a certain well-known set of problems of the general forms ism and phobic, among other things. You can't straightforwardly enjoy a TV show, a game, a football match, a philosophical or literary work, or literally any other piece of somebody's mind or soul now if that person is Problematic^TM. At best you can get away with a "I know it sounds crazy but me reading this author doesn't necessarily mean I agree with every logical proposition that ever left their mouth so plz don't shoot" ritual, at worst... well there is no worst, everyday is a new low.