Differences from societal norms

[Regina]

I'm definitely not a moral relativist, so I do recognize that some societal values are better and more ethical than others, which is turn makes some cultures better than others. I usually feel disdain when I see cultures that subjugate and brutalize it's people. I don't have sympathy for the argument that it's just their culture and not to criticize it when people suffer at the expense of being tolerant to certain societal norms.

I read all that in Hitchens' voice because of your avatar haha, sounds very him

I do agree though. I wouldn't pretend any culture is perfect, there's always room for improvement. However, to pretend that all cultures are equal, acceptable and respectable is disingenuous though. Can you imagine if, over the last few hundred years, Europeans had accepted this "it's just our culture" argument? We'd still be burning people alive, going on witch hunts and practicing slavery. The free-thinkers of the enlightenment would have sneered at the idea that "peace" can be achieved by acceptance of oppression, dressed-up as authentic "diversity".