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by Blackstone4 1355 days ago
Yeah I see where you are coming from. I do not necessarily want us to be 100% consistent...just an honest conversation about how arbitary we are!!
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That would open up a Pandora's box, honestly. Even if the goal were 20% consistency, short or ugly people would definitely not make the cut compared to helping people in the third world or other potential targets of redistributive justice. Our entire economic and social edifice is built on certain other countries being poorer and less energy intensive.

Now if the goal is simply to be a bit more mindful, that would be doable i.e. avoiding unnecessary remarks about height the way we avoid saying hurtful comments in other contexts