(06-21-2021 06:43 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  I was reading an article by a person whom I have met a few times and have an amazing admiration for him. This portion of his comments I found spot on point:

Quote:Using a fear of cancellation to silence half the population, SJWs dismissed the steady social progress that was the trademark of the world’s most successful multicultural society. Instead of celebrating the progress flowing from our commonalities, they fomented division by pointing to historical injustices.

The author is a person named Joel Peterson. He is a 'walk on' Professor of Management at Stanford University (i.e. he isnt a professional professor).

In former roles, he served as the managing partner of the Trammell Crow Company, the chairman of the board of Overseers of the Hoover Institution, and as chairman of JetBlue Airways.

I met him while he was the chairman of Peterson Partners, a fund that he founded.

The article can be found here: https://www.deseret.com/2021/6/20/225163...ncellation

I truly think the last sentence in the excerpt is spot on. I found it especially on point in light of a poster here's comments on the inexorable continuous wounding of slavery and systemic racial oppression. Forgive me for my histironics in advance.

It’s interesting that you think that the idea that there are current imbalances due to historical racism is so completely outlandish.

It’s not like I’m even advocating for removing the statue. I was just pointing out to Ham that WMR’s “warts” go beyond those of many other figures that we literally put on pedestals. I also think it is difficult for a bunch of white dudes to coceptualize what it means for some black people when they pass by the statue. Whether or not I agree with those that called to move his statue, I’m not going to invalidate their feelings if they say it is hurtful to see his figure honored in that way.