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twixfelyesterday at 6:31 PM2 repliesview on HN

How is it grown up to not recoil from people holding abhorrent views? If you can't judge people for the things they say and do, then... what's left?


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moralestapiayesterday at 6:40 PM

Everyone's views, even yours, are abhorrent to at least some other person on the planet.

The grown up thing is to accept that and still be able to hold meaningful dialogue.

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tinfoilhatteryesterday at 6:50 PM

Why is questioning a historical event abhorrent behavior? Every historical event is fair game except for one, even historical events where far more people died due to their religions or cultural affiliations. There's only one we aren't allowed to question however. We even have special made-up terms to describe people that question this one specific event. We don't do it for any other historical event. Why is that?

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