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> I'm not sure that it's scary. After all, casual racism and sexism used to be a lot more common in the past. Now people are called out and criticized on those.
by Georgelemental 3y ago
> I'm not sure that it's scary. After all, casual racism and sexism used to be a lot more common in the past. Now people are called out and criticized on those. Is that bad?
Even if we grant that the rise in self-censorship is entirely due to "casual racism and sexism" (and I don't grant it), wouldn't that meant that 40% of people are secret bigots? That sounds bad, you would rather they be open about their beliefs so you can identify them, no?
- SantalBlush 3y agoNot if they do that crap in the workplace.
- lapcat 3y ago> I don't grant it Neither do I. > people are secret bigots? That sounds bad, you would rather they be open about their beliefs so you can identify them, no? I don't know how much of a secret it is. This tends to be fairly obvious regardless of whether people say it openly, and depending on which circles you spend time in, you tend to hear it already in private anyway. Perhaps there are many people who were naive, ignorant, sheltered, and are shocked to learn about bigotry, but speaking only for myself, I'm not at all surprised by the continuing level of bigotry in society, and I knew it before the rise of social media.
- iinnPP 3y agoOdd. None of my private conversations are racist or sexist. Turns out I grew up in the short period where all racism is bad. I'm thankful for that.
- lapcat 3y ago> Turns out I grew up in the short period where all racism is bad. There was no such period. Like I said, it depends on which circles you spend time in (e.g. your family). Sounds like you were just sheltered from it.
- iinnPP 3y agoThe message is what I'm talking about. I sure as hell wasn't sheltered either, I was as far from sheltered as it gets.
- breakyerself 3y agoThere is a dissonance here you aren't seeing.