It’s Morally Righteous To Notice All Cultures Are Not Equally Good
The article discusses the controversy surrounding President donald Trump’s description of certain countries as “shitholes.” It highlights Democrats’ outrage, labeling Trump’s comments as bigotry and xenophobia. Though, the piece argues that the real issue is not the language used but the moral relativism embraced by the political left, which insists all cultures are morally equivalent despite notable differences in values and practices. The author contends that some cultures, particularly in countries like Haiti, Somalia, and others with practices like female genital mutilation and child marriage, produce conditions incompatible with the social and legal frameworks necessary for a functioning society. This moral clarity, the article claims, challenges the left’s open immigration stance, which the author suggests ignores the negative cultural factors driving dysfunction in these countries. Ultimately, the article asserts that Democrats reject Trump’s comments not as they are false, but because they confront a tough reality that undermines their immigration policies.
As expected, Democrats are outraged that President Donald Trump correctly pointed out that some countries are “shitholes.”
“Disgusting bigotry,” The Democrats posted on X.
Sen. Dick Durbin posted on X: “I’ll never forget hearing Donald Trump’s racist ‘shithole countries’ comment in a 2018 Oval Office meeting about immigration. Tom Cotton and David Perdue claimed Trump didn’t say it and accused me of lying. The truth comes out.”
Foreigner Mehdi Hasan said Trump’s comments are a “reminder that second term Trump is so much worse than first term Trump.”
CNN’s Aaron Blake claimed “Trump is upping the xenophobia.”
But the hysterics over Trump’s accurate statement isn’t happening because the left is offended by the language, but because his comments expose that the left has lost the ability to make the most basic moral distinctions between cultures.
The left would have been just as outraged if Trump conveyed the same message without cussing because they are trying to defend this warped ideological dogma that all cultures must be treated as morally identical, even when some of those cultures engage in outright barbarism.
And if people acknowledge those differences do exist, it makes it much harder to justify the mass importation of failed societies through unlimited third world migration (which Democrats love).
But that’s the reality of multiculturalism, which has created a strain of moral relativism that insists every culture is equal, no matter how it may violate the most basic principles of liberty or life. Under this dangerous worldview, it becomes unacceptable to suggest that a culture that mutilates young girls is not morally equivalent to a culture that protects women.
Under this toxic worldview, cannibalism and non-cannibalism are morally equivalent cultural experiences. A society that stones women is just as good as a society that protects women’s rights. The only “bad” thing would be to notice the differences.
But a functioning nation, like the U.S., cannot afford to pretend that all cultural norms are equal, for if they were equal, then they’d create the same outcomes. But they aren’t and they don’t. Which is why our immigration policy must take into account these distinctions.
And the left’s meltdown actually has a simple explanation: deep down, the left knows Trump is right. If some cultures are producing unlivable conditions, then it becomes impossible to maintain the position that America has no right to choose which values it wants to welcome into the country. But if all cultures are equal, then anyone, from anywhere should be able to come here.
The irony in it all is that Democrats subconsciously recognize the validity of Trump’s comments. Why else would they badger Americans that we must accept hundreds of thousands of refugees via Temporary Protected Status or other asylum avenues, otherwise these foreigners will die or face awful conditions in their home countries? Because they are “shitholes.”
And what makes them shitholes?
Their cultures.
Take Haiti, for example. The reason Haiti has such high crime, poverty, and instability is no mystery. The nation’s culture is simply not able to support the type of civic culture that underpins the types of institutions and laws that are required to sustain a functioning society.
Or take Somalia, where young girls are victims of female genital mutilation, a practice rooted in their particular culture. Anyone who tells you that culture is just as equal as ours is lying through their teeth.
Take Niger, the Central African Republic, Chad, or Mali — countries with some of the highest rates of child marriage. In parts of South Africa, the cultural practice of ukuthwala involves abducting young girls for marriage. In parts of Pakistan, the custom of vani forces young girls into marriage to settle debts.
No morally righteous person can defend genital mutilation, abduction, or child marriages. And conversely, it doesn’t make you a bigot to point that out either. In fact, it’s a marker of moral clarity.
Democrats pretend that all cultures are equal — and that no nation is a “shithole” — not because the believe it, but because admitting the truth would force them to confront the question that would collapse their entire immigration position: Why should the U.S. import cultures whose norms produce the very dysfunction, danger and depravity that these foreigners are fleeing?
Democrats aren’t mad at Trump because he’s wrong, they’re mad because he’s right.
Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. Follow Brianna on X: @briannalyman2
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