Comments by "Mat Broomfield" (@matbroomfield) on "Chris Cuomo Accusations Spotlight His Past Comments" video.

@gilbertgottfried1549 I'm not generally a fan of historical relativism justifications but if literally NO-ONE in the 70s saw this sort of behaviour as wrong then was it?
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@gilbertgottfried1549 But I think that's exactly why there is a distinction. My 81year old mum tells me that when she was young, being grabbed on the behind by a good looking stranger was a thrill and a compliment. An old, ugly guy not so much. Wolf whistling was a compliment or playful, nowadays a near imprisonable offence. People were more easy going. So why is that different to slavery - the poster child for bad historical relativism arguments? Because basic human empathy existed back at the earliest days. Torturing, shackling and crippling people to force them to bend to your will was ALWAYS something that the average person could understand as an evil simply by imagining it happening to themselves. Empathy is the ESSENCE of morality, and while social morays changes, you have to actively suppress your humanity to own and torment slaves. You didn't to grab a girl's bottom or steal a kiss. Jeez, even throughout the 1980s, teen movies all played off sexual shenanigans, spying on naked girls, copping a feel or tricking them into sleeping with you. And this was movies aimed at teenagers!
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@gilbertgottfried1549 Almost all of your points are perfectly valid and generally excellent, but it's easy to sit on the lofty perch of 21st century morality and condemn the past. Sometimes those people deserved condemnation, other times it's simply not that straight forwards.
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@DispelTV Thank you.
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@gilbertgottfried1549 I'm not apologising, but if people don't know something is wrong, why would they cease doing it or feel guilty for it?
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