So I do think dominant ideas powerfully impact society but I do not buy into the idea that individuals are mindlessly constructed by them.
(Using 'liberal' in the sense of lefties & centrists who are not conservative and also not the economic far-left or identitarian far-left)
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When I am accused of wanting the preserve the status quo, this is true in 1 sense. I want to preserve universal liberalism & egalitarianism
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There is a reason the identitarian lefties have been dubbed 'the regressive left'. But progress is also integral to liberalism.
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When we look at progress universal liberalism brought in last 50 years in terms of gender/racial/LGBT equality, mad to ditch this approach.
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The idea that people of all races, genders, sexualities should have equal opportunities & no-one be discriminated against works well.
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The idea that we should evaluate people by their race. gender, sexuality & foreground the interests of some groups over others doesn't.
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But we also need to be careful not to reactively defend the present in response to people who see it as plagued by oppressive systems.
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eg Not be motivated to see racism, sexism, homophobia nowhere in response to people seeing it everywhere.
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It's almost like you wrote this clarification to prevent my blood pressure rising
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