Facts Are Morally Neutral

I believe that a fact is morally neutral

For example it is a fact that African Americans are more likely to be arrested- and that is morally neutral and i can prove it.

This could be because
A) Racists are right and they're just terrible people
OR
B) The police are unconciously biased and so because they are looking for black men to arrest they naturally arrest more of them
OR
C) The racist American system traps African Americans in a desperate situation where crime is simply the only reasonable avenue of escape, its not thier fault that they become criminals as they've never been given any choices

You see how many different arguments you can make from a true fact along different axis of the political spectrum? It seems to me that the information itself is morally neutral and that it is our opinions that taint information in our own minds.

Do you agree that facts are morally neutral in and of themselves?

EDIT: *True* facts i mean

 

made me picture the doctor evil meme

 

Not necessarily, there are plenty of people that are against racism (which i think we all agree is good generally speaking) who would love to silence that little fact up at the top of this thread. It makes them uncomfortable so they want it gone, so they're right about the issue but also rejecting facts as being "bad" usually because it "encourages ______" "encourages racism" in this case would be what they say

 

Well then its not the fact that is to blame, its a bad actor problem isn't it? That is to say that the fault lies with the speaker.

 

???

So, a bad actor problem?

 

Well it is a fact that you were in the bathroom but by stating that without the added context that you were there because you wanted an excuse not to talk to them is an exercise in dissembling information.

Bad actor problem

EDIT: and the fact that you were in the bathroom is neutral in and of itself as is the fact of why you were in there

 

That reminds me, as soon as @Ren shows up i'm bailing... All I wanted to do is talk about how some people listen too much to their emotions and let themselves reject facts- not parse the definitions of words and concepts with a fine tooth comb.

EDIT: No offense Ren

 

@sprinkles what I meant is that in the incident itself you might not have acted with morally neutral intentions but the recognizing that such an incident occurred is not aligned with any kind of morality- the incident did occur regardless of what judgements we place upon it or upon the people who caused or contributed to its occurrence.