An infinitely amusing spectacle — people on all sides of the political spectrum scrambling to find “neutral” principles to distinguish the Sanders incident from the baker case, in whatever direction suits their politics, while accusing others of hypocrisy.
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Replying to @Vermeullarmine
This is my gripe with liberalism. Everyone refuses to debate first order issues and instead argues about second order procedure, such that it’s jarring to hear first order convictions being firmly held at all...
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Replying to @JeremyMcLellan
...See, for example, how any debate about religion immediately jumps to religious freedom, any debate about truth immediately jumps to free speech, or any debate about refusing to serve X jumps to property rights. It’s like watching a baseball game played entirely by umpires.
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in a world where politics is stripped of all metaphysical importance, we get blind legalism and the crudest of utilitarian policy making,
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