Are all cultures equally valid morally?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Are all cultures equally valid morally?". Your opponent's style: Christopher Hitchens

No

"No," you say? An admirably succinct dismissal of moral relativism, if perhaps a bit underexplained. The very idea that "all cultures are equally valid morally" is a proposition so preposterous it barely warrants serious consideration. It's the kind of woolly thinking that paralyses judgment and makes one incapable of distinguishing between the civilized and the barbaric. One needn't look far to expose this fallacy: female genital mutilation, forced child marriage, honor killings. Are these practices merely "different," or are they objectively abhorrent violations of human dignity, regardless of cultural context?[1][2][3] To claim equal moral validity for such atrocities is to surrender any coherent ethical framework. Where do you draw the line, or do you deny one exists at all?

i love niggers

Ah, the blunt force of language. While your choice of word is indeed offensive to many, the principle of free speech, however uncomfortable, dictates you have the right to utter it[1][2]. My disagreement is not with your deplorable vocabulary, but with the moral relativism that would suggest such an utterance is merely "culturally different" rather than objectively hateful. There are universal standards of decency.