Quote (Goomshill @ May 5 2020 04:06pm)
I'm more inclined to judge the people doing the judging, wondering what is wrong with a modern society that looks at older societies and passes moral judgment on them as if we aren't just as culpable by future moral standards.
Moral relativism doesn't need to completely lack a baseline footing and excuse any conduct, but its a farce to disdain anything less than the most vehement radicals. Its the kind of people who would glorify John Brown and call W.E.B. Du Bois an uncle tom. Although Marcus Garvey went a step further didn't he
Agree with this.
Kind of strange how we started to apply current standards to historical realities to essentially destroy the symbols that brought incremental change.
It would be weird to read front page stories about how the Mayans use to engage in human sacrifice or how some native american tribes scalped as a form of trophy in some vain attempt to change how today's society should view those groups.
It's part of history, look at it objectively and understand historical context.
This post was edited by ofthevoid on May 5 2020 07:06pm