Pointing out that there was never a time when everything was all rosy and dandy is not a non sequitur. It's pointing out that their view of history is naive and not grounded in reality. To call these two points unrelated is to not understand the subject at hand.
> Pointing out that there was never a time when everything was all rosy and dandy is not a non sequitur.
But it is. Also, no one was making such a claim, either, so why point it out in the first place?
> It's pointing out that their view of history is naive and not grounded in reality
Says who? You? I'd venture to guess GP's view is grounded in reality much more than yours is. For instance, there is plenty of racism today, and it's mainly from the people of the same political party that's been most racist from its beginning: https://www.socialjusticesurvivalguide.com/2018/01/08/the-de....
All that's changed is that in this party it's now in vogue to be racist against whites.
> To call these two points unrelated is to not understand the subject at hand.
You could in fact relate them. You could say probably what you meant, which is: "today's censorship is great because it silences all those evil racist bigots that used to be able to speak their minds." And to that, I would reply that your view is not grounded in reality! Take, for instance, this lawsuit:
"Stacy Deemar, a middle school drama teacher, sued the school district over its curriculum allegedly forcing students to participate in “privilege walks” separated by race, comparing “whiteness” to the devil, and other lessons that pit “different racial groups against each other,” according to the suit."
Unfortunately, this kind of racism thrives under today's speech police.
"Sally Field ... apologized for being white during her acceptance speech for a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2023 Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday."
Why is she apologizing for being white? That sounds awfully racist!
"A California emergency room doctor out for a ride on his mountain bike was allegedly murdered Wednesday by a man who police said struck him from behind with his vehicle, then jumped out and repeatedly stabbed him while, according to a witness, decrying “white privilege.”"
It looks like this kind of openly accepted hate speech is getting people killed! The present day certainly isn't rosy either. Maybe it's even worse than it used to be!
You: I remember also when this unrelated set of things existed at the same time.
That's a great non sequitur you just spewed out. In case your Latin is rusty, that translates to "it does not follow".