"When you put a racist on stage, people don't just see the presentation that person is giving"
Are they prejudiced then?
Is the presentation less credible if it is done by a black person? By a woman? By a muslim? By someone with strong views *for* islam? By oneone with strong views *against* islam?
Why should *any* of that matter at all?
"they see that being a racist doesn't prevent you from professional success. They see that there's no social cost to expressing abhorrent opinions."
So having an opinion different from the "mainstream" should prevent you from professional success?
Should there really be a social cost of having (and expressing) "abhorrent" opinions? How about expressing your opinion of which god/messiah (if any) should be considered the one and only true one?
I mean seriously. At some point you should realize that you are using the same "abhorrent" behavior that you are trying to fight against.
Maybe we should just round up every "racist" and put them in concentration camps before we gas them and burn them. What kind of beautiful world we would have after this ~ethnic~ opinion-based cleansing. Noone else in the world to challenge our view of what is right and wrong.
We should embrace being different. Different in skin-color, gender, lifestyle choices and opinions. We do need diversity. But also intellectual diversity and diversity of opinion.
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Re: What is wrong with you?
Date: 2017-02-27 12:53 pm (UTC)Are they prejudiced then?
Is the presentation less credible if it is done by a black person?
By a woman? By a muslim? By someone with strong views *for* islam? By oneone with strong views *against* islam?
Why should *any* of that matter at all?
"they see that being a racist doesn't prevent you from professional success. They see that there's no social cost to expressing abhorrent opinions."
So having an opinion different from the "mainstream" should prevent you from professional success?
Should there really be a social cost of having (and expressing) "abhorrent" opinions? How about expressing your opinion of which god/messiah (if any) should be considered the one and only true one?
I mean seriously. At some point you should realize that you are using the same "abhorrent" behavior that you are trying to fight against.
Maybe we should just round up every "racist" and put them in concentration camps before we gas them and burn them.
What kind of beautiful world we would have after this ~ethnic~ opinion-based cleansing. Noone else in the world to challenge our view of what is right and wrong.
We should embrace being different. Different in skin-color, gender, lifestyle choices and opinions. We do need diversity. But also intellectual diversity and diversity of opinion.