Some responses to this exemplify a particular disagreement pattern I've been trying to articulate for some time. Someone complains about open disdain for white men, to which someone else responds, sarcastically, that white men "have it so tough" or something to that effect. ->https://twitter.com/sullydish/status/1012711850788753409 …
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The question of *why* everyone would deserve basic respect is gaping rn. Used to be - because God in all of us later - because Reason - because Agency Atm each is thought discredited. Will worsen until we have broadly accepted ideas about what is noble in human beings.
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Yes, this is important!
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I suspect the notion that you deserve empowerment because of “who you are” rather than because “everyone deserves basic civility” is now the norm. This is often explicit, in the sense that ‘despite or regardless of x-disadvantage’ is taken to be insulting.
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the natural conclusion of identity politics is exactly this. defining person's worth by the "what" of them instead of the "who" of them is a seriously bad idea but it's now the mainstream discourse framing of politics and culture.
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