>If we do stumble across meaningful uncomfortable outcomes in either through our own research or on the internet or whatever, I think the best option might be to avoid talking about the issue at all.
You can’t ignore reality this selectively and expect reasonable outcomes. If I have two health problems, but I’m only allowed to treat one because the other is socially unacceptable, the other will get worse and worse. To be clear- I think there’s little value in discussing the whole genetic thing. But I think most people outraged by it are ignoring why it comes up.
If you want to avoid talking about the issue, then you have to move that removal up a level. So we refuse to consider that there are racial differences in genetics- okay, then you need to move that up a level and racial differences in anything are unacceptable topics. No more concern about statistical differences in, say, homeownership, graduation rates, or crime rates. To make certain causes verboten means the symptoms cannot be properly addressed either.
I believe this kind of absolute and strict colorblindness would be an improvement for society. But I suspect that most of the people complaining about Hanania would not agree.
For what it’s worth, I find Hanania an irritating troll and I don’t get the appeal to the Manifest crowd, except in the most cynical manner that he’s a right-winger who mostly shits on other right-wingers. A sort of guilty indulgence, like a comedian who makes jokes mostly about people you already don’t like.
>If we do stumble across meaningful uncomfortable outcomes in either through our own research or on the internet or whatever, I think the best option might be to avoid talking about the issue at all.
You can’t ignore reality this selectively and expect reasonable outcomes. If I have two health problems, but I’m only allowed to treat one because the other is socially unacceptable, the other will get worse and worse. To be clear- I think there’s little value in discussing the whole genetic thing. But I think most people outraged by it are ignoring why it comes up.
If you want to avoid talking about the issue, then you have to move that removal up a level. So we refuse to consider that there are racial differences in genetics- okay, then you need to move that up a level and racial differences in anything are unacceptable topics. No more concern about statistical differences in, say, homeownership, graduation rates, or crime rates. To make certain causes verboten means the symptoms cannot be properly addressed either.
I believe this kind of absolute and strict colorblindness would be an improvement for society. But I suspect that most of the people complaining about Hanania would not agree.
For what it’s worth, I find Hanania an irritating troll and I don’t get the appeal to the Manifest crowd, except in the most cynical manner that he’s a right-winger who mostly shits on other right-wingers. A sort of guilty indulgence, like a comedian who makes jokes mostly about people you already don’t like.