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Re:A Clarification by fao_ on Saturday December 16, 2017 @02:25PM (#15941363)
You obviously have some in mind, how about suggesting them?
Re:A Clarification by pdpi on Saturday December 16, 2017 @02:33PM (#15941418)
A really popular (or rather unpopular) one is that women and men are differently capable.

Even with all the caveats in the world (that different means neither better nor worse, that this doesn’t make hiring or salary discrimination ok, etc etc), you’re likely to get in trouble because of it.

Re:A Clarification by perfmode on Saturday December 16, 2017 @02:49PM (#15941554)
So here’s the truth as far as I see it:

Yes. Women and men are differently capable.

However, there are many ways in which we traditionally believed them to be differently capable that were actually that way due to discrimination and injustice.

So, people will be rightly annoyed when someone tries to downplay the effects of systemic injustice.

When we have fixed our systems to be more just and inclusive, only then can we begin to talk about inherent difference.

Until then, it is not urgent.

Justice first.

Re:A Clarification by dwaltrip on Saturday December 16, 2017 @02:53PM (#15941579)
> When we have fixed our systems to be more just and inclusive, only then [...]

This is not something that ever finishes.

I think we have to allow both to happen side by side, constantly struggling to balance them as best we can.

Re:A Clarification by backpropaganda on Saturday December 16, 2017 @02:40PM (#15941478)
This is pretty much the perfect example of what is considered wrongthink today, but I have confidence, will be common knowledge in 50 years. This is the example people should be using more instead of the one Altman used (disparaging comments about gay people).
Re:A Clarification by dwaltrip on Saturday December 16, 2017 @02:30PM (#15941397)
I actually don't have any in mind. I just find it less helpful to focus on the easier examples.

In general, I'm more interested in the underlying dynamics, as well as the processes we use to determine what is morally acceptable or not. I think that looking at the more complex issues and at the ways in which the different viewpoints evolve over time shines more light on these important fundamental aspects.

Re:A Clarification by WillPostForFood on Saturday December 16, 2017 @02:39PM (#15941466)
Any critique of Islam.