11-04-2021, 07:37 PM
(02-19-2019, 07:22 AM)Bill the Piper Wrote:(02-18-2019, 03:37 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: However, all cultures and their peoples have their right to exist in peace as long as they don't break the laws, which are based on moral values. I dissent from any idea that such moral values are relative to time, evolution or culture. Their articulation in specific lists and rules may change, but not their essence.
But I don't think that such aesthetic or moral relativism is a prominent feature of the Left in politics. So I'm not sure what you mean.
I don't like the fact that Leftists refuse to condemn Islam, even if they ostensibly stand for atheism and rationalism.
Quote:I don't think you adwvocate culture-war religious-right efforts, but I agree with the Left of course on such issues as gay rights and government-sponsored religion in public places. Abortion is an issue that can be compromised, but that doesn't seem to be possible just now.
I could just say that I'd like to see the effects of sexual revolution reversed to some degree. The entertainment industry in particular needs to be purged. To some extent, reversing the sexual revolution requires the dominant ethos of individualism (which regards selfish pursuit of happiness as the goal of life) to die off, and new ethos of communitarianism to replace it. Parents staying together for their child's sake, even if they no longer get the thrills in bed. Like it was with the GIs and previous generations.
Duh! The sexual revolution has already been reversed to a great degree, beginning with the AIDS scare in the mid-1980s. And if the dual crackdowns on sexual harassment are not evidence of even greater reprisal (dual meaning Round 1 in the Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill affair, and round 2 being the #MeToo movement which snared the likes of Cosby, Weinstein, et al), then I don't know what would qualify. Still I believe individual choice should apply, and hope that before my life is over I can see legalization or at least decriminalization of sex work in controlled situations. After all, didn't we learn a century ago that prohibition doesn't work?