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> People have a natural desire to follow leaders, to idolize people. In doing so they are tied more closely to others who value/worship/memorialize the same. Y
by akerl_ 5y ago
> People have a natural desire to follow leaders, to idolize people. In doing so they are tied more closely to others who value/worship/memorialize the same.
Yea, this is pretty much the same reason that people want racists’ statues taken down.
People celebrating bigots are people who value bigots, and that’s a tribe I’m pretty happy letting go extinct.
- kbelder 5y ago> that’s a tribe I’m pretty happy letting go extinct. Funny, saying that sort of thing is what got Fisher condemned.
- Veen 5y ago> People celebrating bigots are people who value bigots But, with some exceptions, these people aren’t celebrated for their bigotry. They’re celebrated for their positive achievements. People are complex mixtures of good, bad, and indifferent values. No one is pure of character or thought.