One annoying trend I see in modern Society, is how few
people have a properly comprehensive vocabulary. Words are precise, specific tools, and can
convey a very detailed and exact message if you take the time to use them
correctly, and if you know their meaning in the first place. All too often, people take offense by the
fact that other people have different preferences. This outrage leads to a movement to eradicate
Discrimination (Big D), but in the end it amounts to a fury born of ignorance
and arrogance. People have always found
different styles, foods, music, art, work, and friends to be appealing, and
this is also discrimination. The simple
fact is that we excel when we properly discriminate. The wrong done in discrimination happens
when someone discriminates on the basis of superficial details which have no
relation to the person’s quality.
Discrimination is also one of the chief virtues of
Commerce. People stop and eat at certain
restaurants because they believe that restaurant has food that is
better-tasting than they could get elsewhere.
People shop at certain stores because they believe those stores offer
better prices, convenience, and/or quality than can be had elsewhere. People choose specific professionals for
their doctors, insurance agents, lawyers, baby sitters, tutors, and so on
because they believe those specific individuals are better at their profession
than anyone else they might consult.
It’s high time to slap down the whiners who complain about
personal choice and freedom of association.
