I thought we'd already given up on the idea of conservatives having any contemporarily relevant notion of common human decency.
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The vitriol goes both ways. Leftists consider rightists as subhuman as vice versa. All tribalists are numbskulls, all utopias are fictions.
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But it starts w/them: conservatives are the first tribalists, only caring as far as their prayer groups. Leftists are reactionaries.
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No, rightists are the reactionaries, leftists are the radicals. But that's a meaningless distinction. "He started it!" is what kids say.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal @coherentstates
You're right: I used that term in a way I thought made sense logically, but wasn't actually historically accurate.
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Wow, you admitted you made a mistake. That is so refreshing on Twitter (or in life generally). Maximum respect to you sir.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal @coherentstates
Thanks. What I mean re. the Left-Right is that I know the vitriol is toxic both ways. But whereas the Left actually tries to correct 1/
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social and economic ills via human progress, the right believes that all ills are born out of people not being "good" or "worthy" enough. 2/
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That's a caricature of the right. A better simplification would be left = equality, right = freedom.
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Although even this doesn't take into account the authoritarianism of conservatism, or the pluralism of liberalism.
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I have more sympathy with the left (was once a socialist), but I've since come to believe both left and right each only see half of picture
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal @coherentstates
I myself can't muster more than a tolerance of the right. But I understand your POV, and won't try to change it.
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