vault backup: 2024-11-14 08:16:40

This commit is contained in:
zleyyij 2024-11-14 08:16:40 -07:00
parent a81d45d0c3
commit df744f6624

View File

@ -94,4 +94,4 @@
- It's easy to dismiss some cases, but it's harder to dismiss others (eg, the taboo on the N word or certain taboos around racial science, or the underlying worries around such ideas). - It's easy to dismiss some cases, but it's harder to dismiss others (eg, the taboo on the N word or certain taboos around racial science, or the underlying worries around such ideas).
- There are perfectly valid motivations for attempting to cultivate and enforce political norms, eg a record of violence and injustice directed towards African Americans being promoted through superficially respectable means - There are perfectly valid motivations for attempting to cultivate and enforce political norms, eg a record of violence and injustice directed towards African Americans being promoted through superficially respectable means
- On a broader level, enlightened moral thinking has led society to converge on a *default norm against advancing ideas associated with oppression or marginalization* - On a broader level, enlightened moral thinking has led society to converge on a *default norm against advancing ideas associated with oppression or marginalization*
- - The author agrees with the idea that political correctness has made “the casual infliction of humiliation...much less socially acceptable than it was,” and even that “encouraging students to be politically correct has made our country a far better place.”