>However, this does give repugnant ideas a place to spread. It normalizes them. It makes things much, much worse.
I get where you are coming from, but, can we look at three historical examples of repugnant ideas?
1. The earth does not revolve around the sun.
2. Slavery is immoral and man should never own another.
3. Women should take part in the voting process.
There are millions I'm sure from "You need to wash your hands to stop the spread of invisible things that kill people" to "Public executions as decided on by a King are not good for our society" to "The indigenous people here should have the same rights and protections we afford ourselves".
We are wrong about stuff all the fucking time! The humans in society that argued for the worst things, were the same as us. What if we are drastically wrong about any event in the last year? Where do we discuss it without fear of reprisal?
I do not think it's a good idea to "pre-decide" on what is a "repugnant idea". This is what conversation is supposed to be for.
Have a conversation that's more reasonable. Instead of "Do black people deserve to live" which we all agree with, we can have talks of, "What are the reasons for poverty and violence in the black community." And maybe not calling everyone with a non-woke perspective a racist or an uncle Tom.
I get where you are coming from, but, can we look at three historical examples of repugnant ideas?
1. The earth does not revolve around the sun.
2. Slavery is immoral and man should never own another.
3. Women should take part in the voting process.
There are millions I'm sure from "You need to wash your hands to stop the spread of invisible things that kill people" to "Public executions as decided on by a King are not good for our society" to "The indigenous people here should have the same rights and protections we afford ourselves".
We are wrong about stuff all the fucking time! The humans in society that argued for the worst things, were the same as us. What if we are drastically wrong about any event in the last year? Where do we discuss it without fear of reprisal?
I do not think it's a good idea to "pre-decide" on what is a "repugnant idea". This is what conversation is supposed to be for.