RE: I Used To Be A Fan But I Am Now Shocked, Disgusted And Appalled With Sam Harris
May 28, 2017 at 11:56 am
I say this all the time. In 50 years, something you believe today without even giving it a second thought will be what some 20 year old in the future will use to label you a horrible bigot. You are an awful person according to the future, and you have no idea why. I have lots of guesses. It's definitely something I'm curious to find out when I get older.
Transgender stuff got dumped on us in a hurry. There's a target audience for this type of progressive stuff. People who've been raised to immediately buy into this kind of thing. For who being progressive is their identity. A lot of other people weren't raised that way. So when they say "Caitlyn Jenner is a woman now, and gender isn't related to that chromosome stuff you learned in school" a certain group of people have been bred to accept it unquestionably, and immediately move to labeling everyone else who disagrees a phobe or bigot. But it takes a breath or two for others to come around, or Allah forbid, maybe they come to a different conclusion. But people aren't given a breath, because it's quicker just to shame people now than talk to them.
But I guess as long as you keep up with the latest fashion, you can ignore past transgressions? Like supporting an anti-gay marriage candidate in 2016 would be homophobic. But when everybody in the country voted for a candidate in 2008 that was against gay marriage, that wasn't the bar for determining if you were homophobic. The phobic/bigot bar conveniently moves to wherever a certain group of people happen to be. And if anyone isn't moving at exactly the same pace, they are bad.
It's definitely an interesting thing to watch socially. People are odd ducks. A phrase that will probably be duckphobic in 50 years, when animals rights are determined to be afforded the same rights as humans, and such language disparaging duck behavior will not be tolerated.
Transgender stuff got dumped on us in a hurry. There's a target audience for this type of progressive stuff. People who've been raised to immediately buy into this kind of thing. For who being progressive is their identity. A lot of other people weren't raised that way. So when they say "Caitlyn Jenner is a woman now, and gender isn't related to that chromosome stuff you learned in school" a certain group of people have been bred to accept it unquestionably, and immediately move to labeling everyone else who disagrees a phobe or bigot. But it takes a breath or two for others to come around, or Allah forbid, maybe they come to a different conclusion. But people aren't given a breath, because it's quicker just to shame people now than talk to them.
But I guess as long as you keep up with the latest fashion, you can ignore past transgressions? Like supporting an anti-gay marriage candidate in 2016 would be homophobic. But when everybody in the country voted for a candidate in 2008 that was against gay marriage, that wasn't the bar for determining if you were homophobic. The phobic/bigot bar conveniently moves to wherever a certain group of people happen to be. And if anyone isn't moving at exactly the same pace, they are bad.
It's definitely an interesting thing to watch socially. People are odd ducks. A phrase that will probably be duckphobic in 50 years, when animals rights are determined to be afforded the same rights as humans, and such language disparaging duck behavior will not be tolerated.
