[ SECRET POST #5773 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5773 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 26 secrets from Secret Submission Post #826.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I sort of agree but my thing is basically, one, our awareness of the fact that the past had different standards doesn't mean we can't bring our moral standards to bear; it just means we have to be thoughtful and aware when we do it. Two, it's a really easy and common mistake to make to think that people in the past were far worse and more evil than they really were, and particularly, far more unanimous in their moral views than they were. And that's absolutely wrong, and it leads to huge historical misjudgments, IMO. There's tons of stuff where actually people at the time did make moral critiques and did think that it was wrong.

I think it's easy to say "well it was the past everyone thought like that" but a lot of the time that's just not accurate.

[(Anonymous)]

I think the main problem with 'be thoughtful and be aware' is that that's impossible for the majority of people. All we have of those times is the writing that has survived them. To get a thorough impression of the attitudes of the era requires extensive knowledge of the writing of the time in question. Even then it's open to interpretation and usually subject to the readers own personal biases, even at the highest levels of academia. The cretins on social media just start with their own biases and work backwards.

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, but the secret applies to things like people who were LGBTQ in the 90s using the word "queer" in a fic. I'm right here, you can ask me!

[(Anonymous)]

I was there in the 90s. LGBTQ people used the word queer in the 90s. What the fuck are you talking about.

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[(Anonymous)]

I'm so sorry, I completely misunderstood what you meant. Ignore the above comment.