My main problem with the is/ought confusion is when I make an argument about what we should do and people seem to think I am saying this is what we're doing. No. If it were, I wouldn't need to make arguments about it.
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This relates to the psychology recognised in the fear that if that Muslim reformists are seen to be trying to get their own house in order, people will feel somewhat reassured that the problem is acknowledged and back away from existential threat reactions of banning a whole grp.
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Isn't this true? If you are someone who sees a problem within Islam, are you more reassured by Muslims who tell you it doesn't exist and quite possibly that you're racist for thinking it does or by Muslims who tell you they see it and are on it?
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In the same way, lefties who say criticisms of extreme identitarian and authoritarian leftism are unwarranted and probably motivated by bigotry are less likely to reassure waverers than those of us who say, 'Yep, this exists. It's a problem. It doesn't define us & we are on it'
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I think it's best not to prioritize at all in this way. We can just do both. Lots of time in the day. We can/should dissent against each other while allying with each other too imo.
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I certainly think we need both. I can engage with the right when it is religious or when moral foundations are detectable because I understand this ideology & psychology but I engage with the left more because I understand it so much more.
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I also find leftist criticism of the right shallow and this is largely because the right-wing issues they address are shallow. There's only so much you can, say, argue for reproductive freedom. We're fundamentally opposed on sexuality, souls, concepts of personhood.
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On the left, those I oppose have the same goals as me but a catastrophically awful approach to them which is also complicated & counterintuitive. Therefore, there is so much more to get your teeth into in trying to argue out the problems and reach consensus on liberal values
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But this is a different justification entirely for prioritiizing fixing the left - a personal one. We certainly need people criticising the right but I do think it will be a lost cause unless we get our own house in order.
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I think we totally agree. I'm in a lecture so I can't add much.
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In electoral terms, I think its very important to counteract the identitarian loons on the left ("this why Trump won" etc). The problem is many of them seem to be more concerned with jostling for status within the in-group than actually convincing anyone else of their ideas.
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