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>then why are so-called "moderate" people so upset about changing "tradition" yet again? I feel like when people argue about keeping "tradition" it's really mo
by LocalH 5y ago
>then why are so-called "moderate" people so upset about changing "tradition" yet again?
I feel like when people argue about keeping "tradition" it's really more about the short term past, the "traditions" they've seen their whole lives (and thus perceive as "how the world has always been").
- DonHopkins 5y agoThe anti-gay "moderates" love to make the argument that same sex marriage goes against "tradition", when the actual tradition of marriage is that women are considered property, and traditionally not allowed to vote or own land or asked to consent to sex, just like slaves.
- iso1631 5y agoI'm not sure how you could be a moderate if you were anti-gay, but the types of people who I think about when I think "anti-gay" probably would be quite happy to own slaves
- jessaustin 5y agoTraditionalism is inherently paradoxical. Traditionalists yearn for a remote home or past that lacked the problems they perceive in their own place and time. Yet, the people in that other place and time were probably just living the best way they could figure out to live, and would gladly have accepted many aspects of modern life for just a bit more comfort, health, or safety.