Most people on step 2 think they are on step 4. Most people on step 3 think step 4 doesn't exist, and that the people on step 4 are on step 2.

This is why it's so easy for conservatives and progressives to each think the other is dumb.

I shudder to imagine what the people who think the victims of Oct 7th "deserved it" for living in Israel believe I deserve for being Jew living in America, on land stolen from the Miwok people.

It's OK to be a conservative about the parts of our society that are good. You can only justly call for change by acknowledging what is already working, or else the change you bring will create new problems which were previously solved.

I've long known that conservatives equate conservatism with morality and progressivism with immorality, which is a highly problematic way of seeing right and wrong.

It is now evident to me that progressives have started equating progressivism with morality and conservatism with immorality.

Everyone wants to control what everyone and everything else does, and not be responsible for what they do. But they literally can't control anything that anyone or anything else does. And the only thing they can control and take responsibility for is what they do.

OPINION EXCHANGE | Why I'm a liberal (in the classical sense) Perhaps more than ever, there's a need for a clear understanding of the philosophy. Here it is, in 34 points.

I finally find an article that gets it.

Israel's government using the cover of controversy over the righteousness of their right hand, rightfully crushing Hamas, to distract from its left hand, which is wrongfully and shamelessly oppressing Palestinians in the west bank (and aiding and abetting illiberal bigots in the settlements)

Jews are NOT White Jews are not White! OK, in America, Jews are mostly considered to be White and it is a mostly correct thought based on American racial thought. Of course, it is not actually correct because Jews can b...

Quick read for anyone concerned about racism in the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Protip: the point of Zionism is to guarantee a place on earth where Jews will be safe. If you want to discredit Zionism, you have to destroy antisemitism. In a world without Jew hatred, Zionism doesn't have a leg to stand on. Supporting antisemitism only strengthens Zionism.

Yes. It is possible to be anti zionist without being anti semetic. But it's threading a needle. It is more common for antisemites to be zionists. Nearly everyone who calls themselves anti zionist justifies it with at least a sliver of antisemitism.

Human Rights under Liberalism do not extend to having a theocracy. Even if 100% of a population desires a theocracy, it is morally indefensible under liberalism. It doesn't matter if theocracy is "part of their culture". It is unacceptable for a leader to claim divine right, under any circumstances.

One thing I find profoundly creepy, as I dodge articles claiming that Israel is genocidal for acting to destroy a PUBLICLY genocidal organization hellbent on killing every Jew in earth, is how aggressively every ad has began pushing judaica jewelry. As if my community's pain is their opportunity.

I just officially deleted my X account. Something about hearing musky telling the employees that they'd be barred from having bank account once X becomes a bank... I just can't be involved in that dipshit's bullshit anymore. He should have just retired 5 years ago.

Haha. I actually respect libertarians because they have a coherent ideology. And that ideology is actually very similar to liberalism. It's just liberalism where you outright deny the existence of system of systemic problems. It's liberalism through the lens of radical individualism.