Is it the rigid application of a certain set of ideals? Is it bravery in the heat of battle or the face of adversity? How do you understand heroism?
Racism usually has its own crowd, so I doubt you could argue along these lines.
I don't consider myself a real racist, but I think racists can be heroic, as can other people I disagree with. Perhaps I'd initially define heroism as doing things that others would shy away from due to the personal risk involved. Hero is usually a label applied to others of the same alignment, so in the modern context the hero should have at least someone else on their side.
One person's hero is another's villain, and I'm guessing @X175B247 might relate to that given his previously expressed moral flexibility.
Racism usually has its own crowd, so I doubt you could argue along these lines.
I don't consider myself a real racist, but I think racists can be heroic, as can other people I disagree with. Perhaps I'd initially define heroism as doing things that others would shy away from due to the personal risk involved. Hero is usually a label applied to others of the same alignment, so in the modern context the hero should have at least someone else on their side.
One person's hero is another's villain, and I'm guessing @X175B247 might relate to that given his previously expressed moral flexibility.
So racism is heroic?