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Using the phrase “world view” has become a direct indicator of bigotry, misogyny, fascism, and other mindsets that are a real threat to basic human rights. I su
by kgwxd 3y ago
Using the phrase “world view” has become a direct indicator of bigotry, misogyny, fascism, and other mindsets that are a real threat to basic human rights. I suggest finding a new euphemism.
- haswell 3y agoI’m sorry, but no, it hasn’t. The concept of a world view has always been core to the zeitgeist, and one of the primary ways people differentiate their general view on things as shaped by the circumstances of their upbringing, experiences and daily life. I hold the world view of a liberal, atheistic, environmentalist and consequentialist informed by a religious conservative upbringing that I managed to escape and decades in tech. The concept of having a world view is not offensive, and to claim that it’s a direct indicator of the negative connotations you list is rather odd. We all have a world view whether we call it that or not, and the subsets of bad behavior you describe do not hold a monopoly on the concept.
- vGPU 3y agoAhh, language manipulation. The hallmark of those who offer nothing of value. Kindly look up Weltanschauung.