Many claim that leftists hate the West, but I think most leftists criticize the West so much because they hold it to a higher standard. Likewise, I criticize the left more than the right—not because I believe in the left less than in the right, but because I believe in it more.https://twitter.com/shadihamid/status/1214748892060880898 …
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
But that's the problem. We shouldn't hold the left (nor America, nor the West) to a higher standard, since that which we deem universally good isn't exclusive to those groups. That sentiment results in excusing bad ideas & behavior.
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Replying to @Sandwich_Smith
Yes, there's the whole problem of the soft bigotry of low expectations, which many leftists are guilty of. But I think disparities in standards are ultimately unavoidable for humans; everyone favours their own friends and families over strangers, for instance.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
I have to disagree that it's unavoidable. If your aunt is a drug addict, you can't possibly hold her to a higher standard than a stranger who isn't. This why people often become estranged from families--differing values & circumstances.
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Replying to @Sandwich_Smith
You'd likely see a drug-addicted aunt as more redeemable than a drug-addicted stranger, and do more to help her. Similarly, right-wingers tend to be more tolerant of their own govts harming foreigners than they are of foreign govts harming compatriots.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
But that doesn't justify the bias. If we don't apply the standards equally, then they aren't standards at all. Our embarrassment of the left can't be an excuse for overcompensation.
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