Yup, the difference between "liberals" in this sense and non-liberals is having actual material interests at stake that go beyond the legal abstraction of freedom, which is only a means to an end
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Replying to @arthur_affect @IAmDeathRay and
And honestly one of the major reasons the Democrats are losing is this insistence on fair play and sportsmanship, like this is a game and not a battle for survival The West Wing having Bartlett make sure to appoint a conservative and a liberal to balance the Supreme Court
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Replying to @IAmDeathRay @WaPoMax and
No, you're being Jed Bartlett from TWW now, learn to read
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Replying to @arthur_affect @IAmDeathRay and
You're embodying everything bad about that show, all the wanking about liberty and freedom and the Bill of Rights and the democratic process, all the sneering about protesters who take things too far and don't see how silly they sound to normal people
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Replying to @arthur_affect @WaPoMax and
Haven't evoked any of that (tho' I'll keep the Bill of Rights if you don't mind--- sorry you find that sweater too itchy, comrade). No, what I've said is that people should be able to tweet a harmless observation about a piece of law under debate in their country--
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Replying to @IAmDeathRay @arthur_affect and
Debating the rights of marginalized groups is not "harmless". The very act of putting them up for debate is an implicit threat against that group and a challenge to their humanity.
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Replying to @autogynamelia @arthur_affect and
Politics is debate and compromise. Can't take the heat, you are in the wrong kitchen. And might I add: I am surprised that people who have the courage to live their lives as the opposite sex can also be be so TREMENDOUSLY spineless.
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Replying to @IAmDeathRay @WaPoMax and
Lol "can't take the heat", your whole contribution to this conversation is whining about certain forms of politics because they're UNFAAAAIIIR
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Replying to @arthur_affect @IAmDeathRay and
"That's deplatforming! That's intimidation! That's violence!" That's politics
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I barely had to glance at your timeline to know that you're flipping a shit over that poor Target that burned down and going "Black Lives Matter has lost a valuable ally today" and whatnot Predictable and pathetic
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