Over a decade ago I used to very strongly associate myself with the equality movement of the time… And why wouldn't I? People were and are being oppressed for their race, sex and sexual orientation and such irregardless of how little data such things actually give you about the individuals. And I would say that at the time the equality movement was a particularly honest movement that also played by the rules of free speech and good public debate and such, unlike many other movements, who seemed to just want to win irregardless of how dishonestly.

And this was working… Statistics and studies and practice show that during that time people of the world became bigger supporters of equality. But maybe because of this success and how equality became such a big value in the world, the equality movement changed.

Nowadays, the modern equality movement does not respect the freedom of speech too much… At least where I live, arguing against people being genetically equal is pretty much a taboo and you get almost immediate social repercussions for it… There aren't that many ways to truly get cancelled on the internet and the community becoming a hostile and silencing force against you… But on this issue, irregardless of the fact that there is nothing close to a scientific consensus on the issue, and that there are obvious arguments for either side, if you argue for inequality, you get labeled a racist and/or sexist and cancelled quicker than for any other issue. The cancel cultures main propagator is the modern equality movement.

While I still think inequality is a big problem in the world and I argue against it, I find it hard to follow a movement that prevents the other side from arguing back this much… Freedom of speech will always be more important than equality.

But I do understand why the equality movement has become like this… Almost all movements turn into bullies when they get enough power… And since our childhoods, almost all popular entertainment has promoted inclusivity and equality as the good side and shown non inclusive people of inequality as the bad guys… And when, like a crusader, you think that your cause is truly just and good and cant be false, you allow yourself to compromise on your methods, since your good side has to triumph by any means. And like everyone, who uses questionable methods, you convince yourself that the other side does things even worse.

The internet has given a voice to many oppressed that didn't have any in the past… But we must remember that it's the same human bias to promote ones own genome that drives those on the top to say that it's because of their superior genes that also drives those on the bottom to say that it's not because of their inferior genes. Neither side is naturally more biased than the other and both sides should only use methods where the truth wins.

Ps. This is a subject about the modern equality movement and its methodologies and how the discourse on the subject of equality has changed. It is not trying to argue or make claims about whether or not people are equal nor does it describe my views on that subject.