No, no. I somehow undermine history by saying society was patriarchal but isn't any more. https://twitter.com/okayultra/status/877465019046166528 …
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Appeals to history in terms of social justice today reveal a drive that's less about equal rights now & more about atonement.
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This doesn't really work in any area. We can't redress injustices done to the dead by the dead. We can only redress those that exist now.
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It particularly fails in relation to historical gender oppression seeing that we all have an equal number of male & female ancestors.
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I'm not the heir of oppressed women & men not the heirs of oppressive men even if it were that straightforward & inherited guilt reasonable
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But this argument will fail to satisfy people who see history as a social justice problem needing to be addressed by contemporary society.
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They've said things like 'you can't abuse & exploit people for centuries & then say 'OK, we'll stop now' & expect them to just get over it.'
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Which I think shows very clearly the problem with elevating group identity way above shared humanity & individuality.
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But they genuinely feel this way & on a deep, emotional & moral level so we need to engage with that as well as point out it's unreasonable
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