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If positive correlations exist between people who do bad things, and their ethnic backgrounds, then it's a pattern worth looking into.
by jyscao 4mo ago
If positive correlations exist between people who do bad things, and their ethnic backgrounds, then it's a pattern worth looking into.
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- ImPostingOnHN 4mo agoif you personally believe there is a positive correlation between having an ethnic background (mexican or middle eastern or whatever) and doing bad things, I can't control your beliefs still pretty gross of you though
- cubefox 4mo agoBeliefs can't be "gross", they can only be true or false, justified or unjustified. There is no such thing as a morally wrong belief. That would be the confusion between fact and value.
- ImPostingOnHN 4mo ago> Beliefs can't be "gross" of course they can, like believing that mexican people are inferior or something – gross > they can only be true or false, justified or unjustified this is incorrect > There is no such thing as a morally wrong belief this is also incorrect > That would be the confusion between fact and value. this, too, is incorrect
- cubefox 4mo agoWhen you believe some belief to be "gross", this changes nothing about whether it is true or justified.
- ImPostingOnHN 4mo agowhether you personally believe some belief is "true" or "justified", changes nothing about whether it is gross
- cubefox 4mo agoIt also changes nothing about being true or justified. If it's "gross" according to your definition/taste that doesn't mean it's false or unjustified.
- ImPostingOnHN 4mo agoIt also changes nothing about being gross. If it's "true" or "justified" according to your opinion/taste that doesn't mean it's not gross.
- cindyllm 4mo ago[dead]
- cubefox 4mo agoWhether something is true or justified is not a matter of taste.
- ImPostingOnHN 4mo agoWhether racism is "justified" is not determined by a random internet person claiming it is, based solely on their personal taste. Also it is gross, and not allowed here on HN, because the consensus is that it is gross, even if you personally disagree (which is of course allowed).