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    1 year ago

    If they persecute you for having a different opinion that doesn’t enforce anti-tolerance, then they are not liberals.

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        1 year ago

        I’m sorry that one whooshed so high over my head I can see it twinkling in the sky.

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          1 year ago

          The expression (don’t know the origin) is “scratch a liberal and a fascist bleeds.” Basically pointing out the historical tendency of liberals to prefer a fascist-managed capitalism if their interests are threatened or it becomes clear the liberal order won’t last (and could be replaced from the left).

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            1 year ago

            Thank you!

            Definitely a valid expression for when liberals dress up self interest in the guise of principles of freedom.

            Not hipocrisy when the left parties enforce the tyranny of the majority though. In that case, the criticism becomes strawman fallacy.

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        1 year ago

        By vote, not by action.

        If a liberal suppresses your freedom of speech and you are not calling for the destruction of his government (full constitutional change that doesn’t include the entirety of the people or at the very least, prevents the majority’s tyranny) he is not a liberal.