You *do* know that every horrific oppression came with "reasonable" arguments at the time about how this was supposedly morally correct, right? Examples:
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Both of these arguments appeal to stuff like harm, rights, justice - all externalized, systematic reasons *divorced from the individual* about why they should be treated differently in culture, about how treating people at the level of groups is a *moral good*.
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So obviously the lesson from this is, be wary of arguments that call in systemic enforcement to justify treating people differently based on their group, *even if they appeal to important moral values that you share*, right? ....Right?
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#criticalracetheory commit the mistake of using moral justification in this way, which is the same exact category of thought that led to slavery and the oppression of women for centuries. It's just, right now CRT has much more sway over our culture.Show this thread
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People don't seem to realise that "protecting women" was used as moral justification for atrocity for millennia
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