"Providing rights based on group identity is the formula for tribalism, tribal warfare, and injustice....
"Conflict and wars between tribal collectives are part of world history, and we do not have to look far to be reminded how tribalism has played out over time....
"If certain collectives are to be favoured, which ones will get priority? Black, White, Hispanic, and Asian are not the only possible collectives. And what of mixed races? What percentage of each racial DNA puts a person in a favoured or disfavoured group? Is the government to be the arbiter of the correct racial mixtures? What about non-racial collectives, such as the overweight, the weak and the uncoordinated in sports, the tone-deaf in music, the dyslexic in reading, and so on. What about the seven definitions of gender that are formally recognised by some organisations?
"The fact is, when rights are given based on a collective or group identity, rights are also taken away based on a collective or group identity. How would this work? Obviously, it would have to be based on which collective has the most political pull at a given time.
"As I noted, all this pushes us in the direction of tribalism, tribal warfare, racism, and injustice."~ Edwin Locke, from his post 'Rights Belong to Individuals, Not Groups' [emphasis in the original]
Saturday, 18 March 2023
"Rights based on group identity is the formula for tribalism, tribal warfare, and injustice.... "
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