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There seems to be a current within liberalism that’s basically faddish reactionary moral panic against the illiberal threat du jour. Mostly reactions against the left, and in egregious cases against the right.
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This crowd doesn’t seem to have what we might call a native/wild liberal streak grounded in something like active curiosity or openness to experience. But the like the abstract idea of such a liberal drive existing even if they don’t feel it.
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Everything actually liberal they do, they seem to do with one eye on peers, esteem, and social acceptance. It feels like conservatives larping a playful, childish element in liberalism that they can see but not quite access.
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