Because I don't see conservatism, nationalism or religion as necessarily in opposition to liberalism.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
And I think stamping out illiberalism in all its forms would be...well...illiberal.
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I don't think we need to lump every illiberal thing together - literally Hitler - to point out that the root of the problem is illiberalism.
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We should approach far-left illiberalism differently to far-right illiberalism & religiously-motivated illiberalisms individually too.
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Not to mention all the ideological illiberalisms which are neither religious nor straightforwardly left or right.
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I think solution is not to stop pointing out when ideas are illiberal but 2 stop claiming any ideology or political position owns liberalism
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I think Mr Hazony's conservatives who frame their support for human rights as liberalism do so quite consistently with the meaning of term.
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We all know religious liberals exist & I like Jon Haidt's take on liberal nationalists tho I think few ppl fully nationalist or globalistpic.twitter.com/8eoxHc39NU
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I've always disliked "nationalism," but spent years wondering exactly why Kemalism in Turkey never bothered me the same way. Now I get it.
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I suddenly feel a lot smarter after reading this quote. Thanks for that.
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This is essay it comes from which is well worth reading. I don't think Haidt has ever written anything that isn't!https://www.the-american-interest.com/2016/07/10/when-and-why-nationalism-beats-globalism/ …
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