Interestingly enough it’s paired up with some of the exact same tactics conservatives have been using for however long: Affirmative support for lying as a tactic, as long as it gets results, accusations of “silencing criticism” if someone voices disagreement with you, and censorship of opposing views because any disagreement is by definition illegitimate.
The left was doing #2 and #3 already before these folks came along (I LOVE YOU GUYS BUT IT’S TRUE), but it’s much more explicit now, and #1 is new.
It’s all just loosely ideological gangs at this point. As soon as you choose to identify with one the gang starts to become more important than the ideology ever was. The only political conversations worth having are about specific policies, implementation, and outcomes. Everything else is just gang colors and slogans.
Yeah. Humans are tribal. It’s natural to want to defend your grouping whether they’re right or wrong, it’s as much built in as liking to eat good food and being happy at the beach.
Leftist moral superiority has gotten even dumber than right wing moral superiority. Possibly their greatest achievement to date.
Interestingly enough it’s paired up with some of the exact same tactics conservatives have been using for however long: Affirmative support for lying as a tactic, as long as it gets results, accusations of “silencing criticism” if someone voices disagreement with you, and censorship of opposing views because any disagreement is by definition illegitimate.
The left was doing #2 and #3 already before these folks came along (I LOVE YOU GUYS BUT IT’S TRUE), but it’s much more explicit now, and #1 is new.
It’s all just loosely ideological gangs at this point. As soon as you choose to identify with one the gang starts to become more important than the ideology ever was. The only political conversations worth having are about specific policies, implementation, and outcomes. Everything else is just gang colors and slogans.
Yeah. Humans are tribal. It’s natural to want to defend your grouping whether they’re right or wrong, it’s as much built in as liking to eat good food and being happy at the beach.
I don’t give people a pass on mindless tribal politics just because it’s ‘human nature’. Modern humans have a choice.
100% agreed. I wasn’t saying it at all as a good thing or justified when it happens, just observing that it’s surprisingly common / easy to fall into.