GGoldenSun t1_ixrzg17 wrote on November 25, 2022 at 9:34 PM

Reply to comment by TargetDroid in In classical Chinese philosophy, all actions are collective by CytheYounger

He literally said he visited the region and gained some local knowledge...

Being contextual isn't being racist. 😂😂😂

TargetDroid t1_ixrzuw7 wrote on November 25, 2022 at 9:37 PM

No… but reducing Chinese philosophy’s differences from the West to a consequence of tilling rice paddies is pretty bad…no?

In our hyper-sensitive environment, such accusations have lost their gravity, but damn if this doesn’t smack of it, nonetheless.

I don’t even think he’s intending racism; he’s probably just so enamored with the sense of the exotic that he is absent-mindedly and inaccurately placing cause and effect relationships therein.

iiioiia t1_ixv9lyv wrote on November 26, 2022 at 5:23 PM

> No… but reducing Chinese philosophy’s differences from the West to a consequence of tilling rice paddies is pretty bad…no?

It is, so why are you doing it?

> but damn if this doesn’t smack of it, nonetheless.

I recommend you fix your terrible perception then.

> I don’t even think he’s intending racism; he’s probably just so enamored with the sense of the exotic that he is absent-mindedly and inaccurately placing cause and effect relationships therein.

Of course: what seems to be true is "probably" true.