That makes about as much sense as "Worst case scenario under Bernie Sanders is mandatory collective farming and the gulag"https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/865228244651462657 …
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Replying to @CathyYoung63
For myself I wonder if
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Replying to @EnlightFundy @CathyYoung63
Dislike them all equally. Not a fan of Saudi Arabia's current government.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @CathyYoung63
Well that's certianly low-hanging fruit. But I wonder if a tag cloud of your writing would show that equality or a thumb on the scales.
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Replying to @EnlightFundy @CathyYoung63
Why would I be required to be equally critical of events in distant societies as developments close to home?
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Replying to @HeerJeet @CathyYoung63
Why would you parochially avoid criticizing others if not out of squeamishness about criticizing the "Other"? "Distant" is deflection.
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Replying to @EnlightFundy @CathyYoung63
The essence of morality is that you hold yourself and your society to a higher standard. See The Bible, passim.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @CathyYoung63
The essence of morality is that universal principles can/should be applied universally. In NYC, Tianemen, Aleppo. See the Enlightenment.>
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You mean the Enlightenment whose universal morality included upholding slavery (Locke & Kant).
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Replying to @HeerJeet @EnlightFundy
Ever cross your mind that "progressive" efforts to discredit the Enlightenment enable the right-wing anti-Enlightenment backlash?
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Causation is reverse. Rise of fascism led Frankfurt School to question Enlightenment which they saw as roots of new irrationalism.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @EnlightFundy
I'm not saying that progressive anti-Enlightenment rhetoric is the original *cause* of the anti-Enlightenment backlash--but aids it, IMO
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this progressive anti-Enlightenment conspiracy theory is as old as people like Schmitt & Strauss where it was used to enable reaction
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