SoliDeoGloria
Active Member
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclusivism :
Exclusivism is the practice of being exclusive; mentality characterized by the disregard for opinions and ideas other than one's own, or the practice of organizing entities into groups by excluding those entities which possess certain traits (for an opposite example, see essentialism).
(The part of this definition I want to concentrate on is the underlined part)
What is generally wrong with this? Despite claims, everyone with cognitive abilities practices this in one form or another. We practice it in every day life in the simplest form of identifying one's self by name and in a more complex form of practicing one's religion or beliefs and claiming them to exclusivate ourselves from those who do not share the same beliefs. Ofcourse, I would argue that when this is practiced with a hatefull intent(racism, sexism, etc.) it should be dealt with as it deserves, but to claim that all exclusivism is wrong is not only directly self contradicting in the sense that the one making the statement exclusivates themselves from those who practice exclusivism, but it is a denial of reality and individualism. Exclusivism can be practiced without hate and is not in itself generally wrong.
Sincerely,
SoliDeoGloria
Exclusivism is the practice of being exclusive; mentality characterized by the disregard for opinions and ideas other than one's own, or the practice of organizing entities into groups by excluding those entities which possess certain traits (for an opposite example, see essentialism).
(The part of this definition I want to concentrate on is the underlined part)
What is generally wrong with this? Despite claims, everyone with cognitive abilities practices this in one form or another. We practice it in every day life in the simplest form of identifying one's self by name and in a more complex form of practicing one's religion or beliefs and claiming them to exclusivate ourselves from those who do not share the same beliefs. Ofcourse, I would argue that when this is practiced with a hatefull intent(racism, sexism, etc.) it should be dealt with as it deserves, but to claim that all exclusivism is wrong is not only directly self contradicting in the sense that the one making the statement exclusivates themselves from those who practice exclusivism, but it is a denial of reality and individualism. Exclusivism can be practiced without hate and is not in itself generally wrong.
Sincerely,
SoliDeoGloria