Racial discrimination is not something comparable to discrimination based on passport. If you fail to see that, that's going to make this discussion really difficult.
> No, why on earth would you think that of me? Don't be a dick.
Because it see it all the time. People want to save historical figures with this bullshit. Like it said: Jesus was known, he (amongst many others) taught slavery is evil. Locke was more into his liberal economic wankery than actual ethics. Though he claims to be into ethics as well, hence I call him a fraud.
Go ahead and defend him: I will not.
Re:A rediscovered lost memoir about John Locke
by throwaway210222 on Monday June 28, 2021 @06:16AM
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> Because it see it all the time.
In that case, I refer you to the guidelines ( https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html ) regarding good faith.
Please leave your personal trials and tribulations at home.
But I think we have gone as far as we can. Have a lovely day.
No, why on earth would you think that of me? Don't be a dick.
Its just a historical fact. Wierd and awful as it may seem to us. Which is why Mr Locke could not see it.
Here is a crutch to help you get there:
1. we currently - and rightly - hate racial discrimination in apparently all its forms, but
2. we (via our governments) think it is perfectly ok to make some visitors to our countries get expensive restrictive visas, whilst others are welcomed with open arms
3. compare and contract the international border experience of citizens of EU, USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, with ANY African country
4. hell, there are job adverts demanding 'a passport that can travel'.
Now ask yourself how much sleep most of the Western progressives lose over this. They just cannot see it.
Later generations might. Should they smugly dismiss us?