But it's also a mistake to assume that people with a specific focus are doing that. Specialisation is efficient.
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It is very easy to counter rightist extremes who want one religion held sacred & others or non-religion condemned.
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Also easy to show the problem with extreme social conservatives who would enforce 'traditional' gender roles by law or harsh social pressure
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Much more complicated when leftists do this or equivalent because their rationale is based on values I share but their approach is all wrong
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This requires much more unpicking & pointing out of failures of core liberal principles & counterproductive methods & unwanted consequences
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Very frustrating when people see criticism of Right as a sign of commitment to Left but trying to fix Left as secret support for Right.
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Although, I do have more in common with liberal centre-rightists than illiberal far-leftists & think they're best hope for fixing far-right.
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In my ideal world, we would have a reasonable centre-left government kept honest & balanced by reasonable centre-right input.
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So in other words you would like people to be treated equally as individuals with the same rights and possibilities.
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Pretty much, yes.
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