[toomanyrichies]

> The fact that Hinduism and Buddhism have taboos against both shows that the taboos aren’t something that American Christians ginned up from nothing. They reflect something about the human experience that cuts across completely different cultures.

A societal practice or norm can still be worth dismantling, even if it does "reflect something about the human experience that cuts across completely different cultures".

Case in point- the historical bias against left-handed people. The fact that this irrational fear has been propagated by countries and cultures too numerous to count, from Taiwan to Malawi [1], does not make it more valid or worthy of propagation. It might just mean that all these cultures have similar flaws to address.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bias_against_left-handed_peopl...