Comment by grahamj
5 days ago
The difference is religion’s justification is the words of a fictitious being whereas “wokeness” stems from principles of equality and tolerance.
Surely some adherents of each use it to feel righeous/superior, but in only one case is it actually justified.
I know what you're trying to say--But also, the (unintentional?) irony makes me chuckle:
"Sure, my group sounds self-righteous, but our view is justifiably superior."
Nobody wins a shouting match.
It was somewhat tongue in cheek ;) but between real, human impacting principles and made up stories about fairies I'll take the former every time.
Where do these principles of equality and tolerance come from? Are they descriptions of a stochastic processes produced by one of an infinite series of marble machines, or do they have a deeper root in something that is true for all places and times (I'll even accept roots in something that is true (not just acceptable) for this time, for all people within this time)?