chris greencorn (@chrisgreencorn.bsky.social)

"The cliché of judging people by the standards of their time, by working to exempt people in the past from the critical eye of the present, simultaneously obscures other historical figures who we might appraise more positively, especially knowing the context in which they were making their choices."

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Don't We Have To Judge People By The Standards Of Their Time? Many who reach for this cliché want it to function as a shield against judgment altogether. https://contingentmagazine.org/2020/01/25/mailbag-standards/