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That's basically saying "we shouldn't push society to change or improve because change means people are excluded." Which is a dead end approach to society. Cult
by marcinzm 5y ago
That's basically saying "we shouldn't push society to change or improve because change means people are excluded." Which is a dead end approach to society. Culture and society shifts with time and it has since long before humans evolved. Change is messy but the alternative is perpetual status quo. Some people get excluded but right now people are excluded as well.
>You like Shakespeare, a known anti-semite?
You are now applying this retroactively which is not the discussion at hand. Please don't put together straw man arguments.
edit: You're arguing absolutes when change is a gradual imperfect uneven messy process. It has always been and will always be. There are no absolutes because humanity is not a hive mind.
- javajosh 5y agoMy only absolute is that you shouldn't dehumanize people. No matter what. You don't have to like them, or patronize them or their business, or interact with them, and you have every right to argue and criticize. But to eliminate them from your mind entirely, to devalue them and their contributions to society, to extend that existential violence to others that don't do the same, that makes society objectively worse. We lose a lot of art. Dehumanization leads inexorably to violence. Harvey Weinstein produced Pulp Fiction. He's also a sexual predator. What's your call? Can you still like Pulp Fiction, now?