I think I need to finish my thing on productive & unproductive ways to approach the problems on the extreme Left from a liberal perspective.
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Therefore, its important that liberal lefties criticise illiberal leftism from consistently liberal lefty principles not right-wing ones.
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Which is not to say that we should not be listening to liberal or moderate conservatives or acknowledging when they have a good point.
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The centre-right & centre-left can provide balance & insight to each other & can ally most productively against the extremists on both sides
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But we can only fix liberal leftism by doing liberal leftism & addressing the parts of the left which just aren't that.
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If you think the liberal left is best abandoned, do that, but if you retain its principles,make sure they are at the centre of your critique
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A parallel is in Islam. Ex-Muslims abandoned this set of ideas finding them unworthy on a root level whilst reformers try to fix the problem
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