Steve, I was really looking forward to your opinion on this topic: "This leads to "virtue seekers" who try to prove they aren't racist despite being from the wrong group and then their behaviors cast a pall over the entire society which just reinforces the divides between groups."
Steve, I was really looking forward to your opinion on this topic: "This leads to "virtue seekers" who try to prove they aren't racist despite being from the wrong group and then their behaviors cast a pall over the entire society which just reinforces the divides between groups."
“This leads to "virtue seekers" who try to prove they aren't racist despite being from the wrong group”
I think the notion of being from “the wrong group” is already a completely wrongheaded way to lol at any social issue. Racism, sexism, homophobia, etc, etc.
I agree, of course, that applying labels to an entire group is a mistake (and I think it’s true that this leads some people to virtue signal). But so is grouping ourselves by arbitrary characteristics like skin colour in the first place.
Steve, I was really looking forward to your opinion on this topic: "This leads to "virtue seekers" who try to prove they aren't racist despite being from the wrong group and then their behaviors cast a pall over the entire society which just reinforces the divides between groups."
“This leads to "virtue seekers" who try to prove they aren't racist despite being from the wrong group”
I think the notion of being from “the wrong group” is already a completely wrongheaded way to lol at any social issue. Racism, sexism, homophobia, etc, etc.
I agree, of course, that applying labels to an entire group is a mistake (and I think it’s true that this leads some people to virtue signal). But so is grouping ourselves by arbitrary characteristics like skin colour in the first place.
I was hoping this would be your response! It is all about vanity and the desire to fit in with the correct crowd.