The NYT suggests cancelling Aristotle. This is retrospective bigotteering; it implies moral values DO NOT evolve.

People need to be judged with respect to the morals OF THEIR OWN TIME.

(But we can be harsh w/Napoleon who reinstated slavery.)
2/ By retrospective bigotteering, they will end up canceling ALL their ancestors, 99.9% of the contents of libraries and any institution older than 5 years will eventually end up canceling itself.
(Yes I know the NYT ends up "opposed" to the idea of "cancelling Aristotle", but the mere fact that they suggest the possibility ...)
3) The Wahabis destroyed ancient ruins in Saudi Arabia (including Islamic ones) to "prevent" idolatry.

Soon we will be bulldozing ruins built by slaves (Great Pyramid/Coliseum), then structures built by labor w/o medical benefits, then those by nonvegetarian architects.
4) Midrash Sefre.
Rabbi Yossi HaGalili:
אצל שופט שלא נמצא בימיו?
אלא שופט שהוא כשר (ומוחזק) באותן הימים. היה קרוב ונתרחק - כשר. [דבר אחר, אין לך אלא שופט שבימיך.]
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