Most are former leftists who have been alienated by authoritarianism & identity politicshttps://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/971957873033953285 …
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Replying to @clairlemon
Classical liberalism has no authoritarianism & identity politics? John Stuart Mill thought non-whites had no free speech rights.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @clairlemon
Can I get a citation? Is that in "On Liberty"? I'm not incredulous. Just curious. It would be nice to have the reference handy.
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Replying to @cedar1256 @Evolving_Ego and
That does not say that "non-whites have no free speech rights." It's a statement about his understanding of primitive people. It's a form of paternalism. For more on Mill check this out: http://www.econlib.org/library/Columns/LevyPeartdismal.html …
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Replying to @EconTalker @Evolving_Ego and
" For the same reason, we may leave out of consideration those backward states of society in which the race itself may be considered as in its nonage."
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Replying to @cedar1256 @Evolving_Ego and
He means primitive societies. By "the race" he meant the people who lived there. Not non-whites, per se.
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In practical terms, would Mill have meant any contemporary society that wasn't non-white?
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