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Correlation doesn't imply causation. Under-representation doesn't imply racism. For the sake of argument, one could call the rock/metal music industry as favor

• cousin_it 15y ago
  Many online forums today are plagued by pointless repetitions of very weak arguments without any systematized attempt to make them stronger. For example, "underrepresentation implies racism" is a very weak pro-PC argument, easily sniped by any anti-PC debater. I wonder if the pro-PC crowd ever came up with a strengthened version of that argument? More generally, maybe discussions of controversial topics would benefit from detailed argument maps where each side can state their actual best response instead of the watered-down version. Have you seen the detailed map of William Lane Craig's Kalam argument for theism, which he used to beat Hitchens and other prominent atheists in debate? No one should ever need to restate or re-refute weak arguments when stronger versions are available. My personal impression is that anti-PC arguments tend to be slightly more robust than pro-PC ones, when strengthened as much as possible. But a systematic mapping attempt could very well change my opinion, because I'm probably not even aware of the strongest arguments for either side.