"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.
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.
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.
