Read on Twitter
"one firing silences 200 more from fear"
If we assume each racist speech/act affects 1 person, then I'd be quite happy with 1 person losing their job to save 200 people from dealing with racism.
I'm sad about the job loss, but the benefits as outlined seem pretty good. https://twitter.com/EPoe187/status/1281632506492657667
If we assume each racist speech/act affects 1 person, then I'd be quite happy with 1 person losing their job to save 200 people from dealing with racism.
I'm sad about the job loss, but the benefits as outlined seem pretty good. https://twitter.com/EPoe187/status/1281632506492657667
One thing I appreciate about the recent cancel culture conversations is people are being more explicit in their ideals. I evaluate bigotry primarily from the perspective of those impacted by it. How much racism am I willing to take to make people feel free to sprout it? Not much.
I want racists to be afraid. I want them to know that if their friends, family, and co-workers heard their views they would at minimum be disappointed in them, and even better, they'd face social repercussions. Racism isn't just some difference of ideas like tax rates.
I don't want the government to get involved, true. I believe social interactions and speech are best able to determine social norms. I don't fundamentally believe the path is to convert everyone in that conversation. Sometimes it's to push some out of the conversation.
Now I know how this reads. This is the boogeyman the right and some of the left complain about. That's okay. Let's be clear in our objectives.
I want much less space in the public sphere for bigotry. I can't legally use my fists to reach that, but I'll certainly use my speech.
I want much less space in the public sphere for bigotry. I can't legally use my fists to reach that, but I'll certainly use my speech.
May as well head off certain things. I think violence, death threats, calls for suicide are all wrong. I don't think so out of some abstract principle, but simply because I think it's immoral. A lot more people should be up front about their moral positions on these things.
