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OldBoring wrote:My culture is the best. Fuck the rest.
Yasna wrote:So as far as I can tell, any ignorant or insensitive actions or thoughts that are even tangentially related to race or ethnicity are now RACISM™.
IpseDixit wrote:I don't care about equal rights and opportunities if you're under a brutal dictatorship.
I'm not saying that I would always be able to decide if a culture is better or worse than another one
IpseDixit wrote:- I realize that this is really my personal yardstick, I can't prove that this is the objective way to "rate" a culture.
I don't understand what this means.
Saim wrote:IpseDixit wrote:- I realize that this is really my personal yardstick, I can't prove that this is the objective way to "rate" a culture.
I'm glad to hear that because you can't be sure that everyone understands the subjective nature of their comments when they say things like x culture is better (without any further qualifiers or clarification). That's why I'd suggest framing the issue in a different way (i.e. avoiding the idea of better or worse cultures altogether and focusing on specific aspects that may be better or worse given a framework of progressive values)
IpseDixit wrote:I have long since passed the time when I would engage in endless debates on this forum.
vijayjohn wrote:IpseDixit wrote:I have long since passed the time when I would engage in endless debates on this forum.
Then why did you engage in it in the first place?
IpseDixit wrote:vijayjohn wrote:IpseDixit wrote:I have long since passed the time when I would engage in endless debates on this forum.
Then why did you engage in it in the first place?
Because I was so naive as to believe that my post wouldn't engender such a debate.
Luís wrote:Playing the devil's advocate here, but wouldn't most people from non-Western countries say exactly the same? I mean, if you ask a random Chinese or Iranian, I'm sure most would say their culture is better.
I'm not sure how this became a West vs the rest of the world debate
Saim wrote:I don't understand. What's wrong with using a broad definition of the term racism, especially if we specify each subtype so as to avoid ambiguity and confusion? This seems to be a common thread with a lot of your commentary on racial politics. Is outright white supremacy the only kind of racism in your view, or am I missing something?
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