I’m really surprised to hear you say this (ignoring update since I’m focusing on a different aspect). My sense was you didn’t think much of most social norms, and I would have predicted you’d see being gay in the 1950s as admirable independence from stupid social conventions.
I am a bit confused how to relate to covertly breaking social norms.
In general I think you can’t always tell whether a norm is dumb just by looking at the moral character of the people breaking it. I think sometimes silly norms are only violated by reckless and impulsive people with little ability to self-regulate and little care for ethics, and in some cases it isn’t worth the cost to general norm-following behavior.
I’m really surprised to hear you say this (ignoring update since I’m focusing on a different aspect). My sense was you didn’t think much of most social norms, and I would have predicted you’d see being gay in the 1950s as admirable independence from stupid social conventions.
I am a bit confused how to relate to covertly breaking social norms.
In general I think you can’t always tell whether a norm is dumb just by looking at the moral character of the people breaking it. I think sometimes silly norms are only violated by reckless and impulsive people with little ability to self-regulate and little care for ethics, and in some cases it isn’t worth the cost to general norm-following behavior.
But as I say, still confused about the issue.