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by bsder 4465 days ago
Pluralism does not equal correct.

Slavery, women's suffrage, Japanese internment, separate-but-equal ... the list goes on and on.

2 comments

Of course it doesn't equal correct. That's the whole point of pluralism! There are some people out there who are on the wrong side of every issue, and maybe it would be nice if we could interact with them anyway instead of declaring their existence anathema, and punishing anyone who associates with their ideological impurities by boycotting them at every conceivable juncture. (Which was what was suggested, no?)
Did you intend to just put 'giving women the vote' in a list of bad ideas alongside slavery and Japanese internment camps?
The majority was on the wrong side of all of those issues for a long time, no?
I think he meant that pluralism didn't give women the right to vote for a long time.
makes more sense, thanks.