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The actual analogy would be:

"We need to start learning how to simply NOT THINK about slavery, and NOT MENTION IT."

Do you see why this would not be an effective way to eliminate slavery?



This is a very strange mental exercise you're asking, but I'd like to explore it as a thought experiment for a moment if I may.

Can you implement and maintain a market without mentioning/discussing that market?

I don't see how any activity, economic or otherwise, can exist much less persist if you can't discuss it.

How would one buy something if they don't understand what it is or its utility?

Why would someone engage in selling something if they don't know a market exists for that product and don't talk about it (market it)?

Could racist groups like the KKK persist without resorting to racial language to communicate their ideas?

This thought experiment is rooted in the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis of linguistic relativity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity


False.

Yours is akin to saying, "Let's sweep slavery under the rug and pretend it doesn't exist."

Mine is akin to saying, "We should no longer even consider enslaving people or treating people badly because their skin is a certain color."

Yours would certainly be ineffective in eliminating slavery because it advocates pretending that it doesn't exist.

Mine is standing up against slavery and saying that the underlying principle used to justify it is morally wrong.

Applied to the issue of reverse racism, yours would be akin to saying, "Let's ignore or even advocate one kind of racism, while condemning another kind."

Mine would be akin to saying, "All racism is wrong. We should all stop being racist in any way, period."

I think the issue is that one side bases its position on moral principles, while the other side bases its position on utilitarianism.

One side says, "Two wrongs don't make a right. -1 - 1 = -2". The other side says, "It's acceptable to do wrong to compensate for another wrong. -1 - 1 = 0."

One side says, "We are not all-knowing or all-wise. We cannot fairly do a concrete injustice to an innocent person to compensate for a perceived injustice done to another innocent person." The other side says, "This innocent person should not complain about being treated unjustly, because this other innocent person has probably been treated unjustly."

One side sees it as a zero-sum game. The other side recognizes that, as long as racism exists in any form, we all lose.


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