4. Liberalism is rooted in fear: fear of arbitrary authority, fear of mob rule, fear of theocracy: a guarded ideology, not optimistic one
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@CorComm He was last of the breed.
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@HeerJeet and US has a strong history of anti-intellectualism that has flourished in the right. It's a badge of honorThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Re your point about liberalism and pessimism I don't think what you have said is fatal to@DouthatNYT's contention [1] -
@HeerJeet Pessimism about “human virtue & perfectibility” is absent in much liberal/prog academic thought inspired by the New Left [2] - Show replies
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16. Twosided problem with Douthat's position is he sees liberalism as optimistic & reactionaries as offering salutary pessimistic corrective
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