Anonymous asked:

Please, enlighten me about your principled dissent from the "orthodoxy" of racism and sexism. Is it possible to get a rationalist to admit, just once, that they hate black people and women? Or will you continue pretending to live in a weird alternate universe where you're an oppressed minority?

bambamramfan answered:

I am very proud of my “ principled dissent from the “orthodoxy” of racism and sexism “ and I hope other people take the same path.

I do not agree with rationalism, as it is an ideology obsessed with cleansing society of the “irrational”, with insufficient humility about what is knowable and insufficient compassion for the unreasonable Other.

Presuming this ask believes it is part of some social justice orthodoxy, then they should know that the problem with their ideology is the obsessive focus on shaming individuals. Classism, racism, and sexism are structural problems that need reworking of the incentives our society lives on. All the constant shaming does is continue the cycle of fear and violence.

Christianity and communism represent an escape from that cycle.

[mitigatedchaos]

Presumably this is one of those things where anyone who interacts with rationalists is stained with metaphorical blood. The Anon’s level of intellectual charity and, hmn, “accuracy” could be matched with “why do you hate people with autism, anon?”