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I think the argument could be a bit more organized, but I get the gist. The fallacy is ultimately a false equivalence . Groups like gays an blacks have suffered quite a bit, and these events celebrate their progress. There is nothing like that for straight, white people, just like it would be silly to celebrate "right-handedness week." Any such celebrations or even suggestions of celebrations, in my view at least, are nothing more than passive-aggressive acts towards minorities. |
answered on Monday, May 09, 2022 06:50:03 AM by Bo Bennett, PhD | |
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I think there's an implicit appeal to equality here. We assert that, since ethnic minorities have X, white people also need X, or there is somehow racial inequality. Yet, what is considered 'equality' is not actually specified in the argument, so it is just begging the question. Then there's the suggestion that things need to be equal in the first place (accident fallacy). It is actually not the case; one can justify treating people or things differently as long as there is a morally relevant distinction between the categories. As it turns out, 'black pride' and 'gay pride' have had very different histories and purposes behind them compared to 'white pride' - in other words, they are not the same, and should be seen in a different light (just be careful not to overuse this defence, or you end up foregoing relevant context for historical context). To treat them similarly would be a false equivalence. |
answered on Monday, May 09, 2022 04:00:17 AM by TrappedPrior (RotE) | |
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