That makes perfect sense in the context if this example. My worry is that your initial post is vague enough that some seem to be including the "default human weirdnesses" of racism and hatred and I'm not sure that was your intention?
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Thinking of racism as a cultural norm instead of a pure moral failing at an individual level enables us to think about how to change the culture to reduce racism.
the reason we are in this mess is the facists went out there and built entire alt right pipelines to increase racism in our culture.
Quite interesting. And, unfortunately, common. At least around where I live. Similar to labeling everything as "political". Growing up, I thought politics was about whether or not our town got funding for a new park, not whether or not someone has a right to exist based on the pronouns they use.
I agree with both of your comments. I think that it’s important to distinguish intentional acts of harm from “normal human weirdness” that people don’t think about.
It works for the vegetarian ex. because eating meat on its own isn’t about killing. It wouldn’t work in the case of racism or murder, as both are intentional.
Hmm, though, a lot of racism is unconscious biases. I would say that one can intentionally avoid examining those biases, though.
As a trans person this reminds me of dialogue around pronouns. Some folks can get really nasty about misgendering even when it’s unintentional. It’s really toxic imo.
I agree with the pronouns part. How would we distinguish between the things we should condemn/debate/view them as intentional acts of harm? At what point does it go from unconscious/unintentional to intentional and toxic?
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the reason we are in this mess is the facists went out there and built entire alt right pipelines to increase racism in our culture.
As a trans person this reminds me of dialogue around pronouns. Some folks can get really nasty about misgendering even when it’s unintentional. It’s really toxic imo.