Platt has confused multiculturalism with cultural relativism and/or moral
relativism. The MOQ is opposed to relativism but not multiculturalism nor a
pluralistic society. It says that values are changeable and they matter and
that we can make judgments about them. The quote Platt cited is a condemnation
of racial intolerance or bigotry, which Platt has used to endorse intolerance
and bigotry. He's used an anti-racist quote to try to score points for bigotry.
He's taken the opposition to relativism as an endorsement of some kind of
cultural supremacy. A generous person would laugh at the irony but I'm just
saddened by the stupidity and the hatefulness. Platt's comments express a
sentiment that no decent person should endorse and they are very far from being
worthy of a philosopher. In fact, bigotry is one of the most common cultural
values that we ought to judge as immoral. It gave cover to all sorts of the
worst moral nightmares, including slavery and genocide. If that's not evil,
then nothing is.
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