In economics there is the idea that the ideal amount of crime is not zero -- it is instead where the marginal cost of deterring crime equals the marginal cost of crime. It’s not obvious why the same logic would not apply to thoughts we abhor the way we abhor crime.
In economics there is the idea that the ideal amount of crime is not zero -- it is instead where the marginal cost of deterring crime equals the marginal cost of crime. It’s not obvious why the same logic would not apply to thoughts we abhor the way we abhor crime.
There is also the difficult issue of defining “racism,” well-described here: https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/06/21/against-murderism/