You left out a reference to your humility. Those of us who are always right need to be mindful of demoralizing the less fortunate. Being simple creatures, they love hearing about how humble we are.
This is great: "I think it's wrong for people to lose their jobs for saying something politically incorrect: that's "cancel culture". However, if I get you fired from your job, that's "consequence culture". If you can't see the difference, well I can't help you!"
Well, living in CA, I have to admit, I am partisan. I have to live with the craziness of every day. Years ago, a client said something against the Republican party. She stopped for a moment and said, 'You aren't a Republican, are you? ... Of course you aren't." I wasn't then, and I still am not, but I remember thinking how arrogant and presumptive the statement was. Same with my legal mentor, who told me that being an educated woman, of course, I couldn't be for school vouchers. I was for vouchers then and even more so today.
At the dog park, there are those openly rejoicing about the assassination of a presidential candidate and sorry it wasn't successful. At Church, members were upset that someone asked for prayers of peace for our country and Trump. The way has been to gently tell people that if we become a third-world nation where leaders are routinely killed, we can kiss our cozy lifestyle goodbye.
The conflation of "making a choice" with "having a rigid opinion on things because I know I'm right" is the big problem. Your interlocutor wants to say that anything he doesn't agree with is automatically wrong, and classical liberals are wishy-washy punks who "don't believe in anything." BS! Rational adults are free to change their minds about something as they take in new information and gain a different perspective. It's the partisans and their so-called principles, which are really just a stand-in for quasi-religious beliefs, who are responsible for all of the strife. I have no time to suffer such fools.
Hmm, i think the missing nuance is that partisan people are people who have made a decisive decision (for better or worse) . Most classical “libertarians” tend to virtue signal playing the “moderate” centrist middle to please everybody for peace … but life is a struggle regardless .
If you can sit in a meeting and say “everybody should live how they want” . Then you deserve the outcome of such an unstructured and disorganized culture.
Decisions have to be made.
However i do feel that this is the most blindly educated era … because academics are blatantly partisan now and parents aren’t giving their children balance.
Having no position as a centrist actually might be thee worse position . You won’t fight for what you believe , because technically there is no belief in anything - strongly - . And while all answers have nuance, society is built from groups who define tradition , culture , or structure.
Liberalism in decision making has certainly opened the door to global multiculturalism - and the results therein.
If you think being moderate or centrist means you have no solid stance on things, then maybe you haven't read my articles after all. I'm very certain on many things I write about. I have a moral and political framework.
Your response is like picture perfect to the satire of my article.
Well the meaning of a moderate or centrist doesn’t rely on your articles.
I’m speaking of classical liberals for the most part. Just because the comment is under your article doesn’t mean it’s about you.
And of course the article is satire on those such as myself… it’s satire on anybody who has made a choice.
But the problem with looking at anybody who has made a choice as blind to the facts of the “other side” (as this article in summation has done) is grossly overplayed.
Actually in the end this article is a projection of assumptions
The point of the article isn't about "someone making choices"...it's about arrogance. We all make choices and have varying belief systems but it's the arrogance and willingness to do anything to affirm their arrogance.
I've changed my mind many times in life because I learned more and realized I was wrong.
The point of mentioning my articles is because I've demonstrated that I, as a moderate, have plenty of strong stances. You were insinuating that they don't. I was using myself as an example.
The article is a satire of years of personal experiences I've witnessed. You don't have to agree or like it.
Arrogance is subjective to people’s own sensibilities. What you call arrogance can be assertive in another’s viewpoint , or even passive in an extremist view .
A strong stance from a moderate is an oxymoron in most instances though .
But it’s clear your definition of moderate and mine are vastly different
I think the biggest point here is trying to make decisions without backlash for the outcome leads to cultural destruction if any . We can point and laugh at partisans but it’s better than nothing. And centrist is nothing
And I’m not disagreeing with the article , I’m engaging with it . This is the best platform for it imo
Loved this! Nicely done.
You left out a reference to your humility. Those of us who are always right need to be mindful of demoralizing the less fortunate. Being simple creatures, they love hearing about how humble we are.
Humbly yours,
pk
You're right lol
I know. There’s no need to remind me.
Clever!!
This is great: "I think it's wrong for people to lose their jobs for saying something politically incorrect: that's "cancel culture". However, if I get you fired from your job, that's "consequence culture". If you can't see the difference, well I can't help you!"
Well, living in CA, I have to admit, I am partisan. I have to live with the craziness of every day. Years ago, a client said something against the Republican party. She stopped for a moment and said, 'You aren't a Republican, are you? ... Of course you aren't." I wasn't then, and I still am not, but I remember thinking how arrogant and presumptive the statement was. Same with my legal mentor, who told me that being an educated woman, of course, I couldn't be for school vouchers. I was for vouchers then and even more so today.
At the dog park, there are those openly rejoicing about the assassination of a presidential candidate and sorry it wasn't successful. At Church, members were upset that someone asked for prayers of peace for our country and Trump. The way has been to gently tell people that if we become a third-world nation where leaders are routinely killed, we can kiss our cozy lifestyle goodbye.
The thing I try to remember is that those people are louder than regular people. Most people aren't callous and sociopaths (thankfully).
Clever. 😁
"Win or lose, we always win."
Perfect, I love it.
I saw what you did there.... 0_o #ImWatchingYouWazowskiAlwaysWatchingAlways
Deftly done.
The conflation of "making a choice" with "having a rigid opinion on things because I know I'm right" is the big problem. Your interlocutor wants to say that anything he doesn't agree with is automatically wrong, and classical liberals are wishy-washy punks who "don't believe in anything." BS! Rational adults are free to change their minds about something as they take in new information and gain a different perspective. It's the partisans and their so-called principles, which are really just a stand-in for quasi-religious beliefs, who are responsible for all of the strife. I have no time to suffer such fools.
Partisans don’t ask themselves important questions like is that true and are you sure? I think people call it tunnel vision.
Brilliant!
Hmm, i think the missing nuance is that partisan people are people who have made a decisive decision (for better or worse) . Most classical “libertarians” tend to virtue signal playing the “moderate” centrist middle to please everybody for peace … but life is a struggle regardless .
If you can sit in a meeting and say “everybody should live how they want” . Then you deserve the outcome of such an unstructured and disorganized culture.
Decisions have to be made.
However i do feel that this is the most blindly educated era … because academics are blatantly partisan now and parents aren’t giving their children balance.
Having no position as a centrist actually might be thee worse position . You won’t fight for what you believe , because technically there is no belief in anything - strongly - . And while all answers have nuance, society is built from groups who define tradition , culture , or structure.
Liberalism in decision making has certainly opened the door to global multiculturalism - and the results therein.
If you think being moderate or centrist means you have no solid stance on things, then maybe you haven't read my articles after all. I'm very certain on many things I write about. I have a moral and political framework.
Your response is like picture perfect to the satire of my article.
Well the meaning of a moderate or centrist doesn’t rely on your articles.
I’m speaking of classical liberals for the most part. Just because the comment is under your article doesn’t mean it’s about you.
And of course the article is satire on those such as myself… it’s satire on anybody who has made a choice.
But the problem with looking at anybody who has made a choice as blind to the facts of the “other side” (as this article in summation has done) is grossly overplayed.
Actually in the end this article is a projection of assumptions
The point of the article isn't about "someone making choices"...it's about arrogance. We all make choices and have varying belief systems but it's the arrogance and willingness to do anything to affirm their arrogance.
I've changed my mind many times in life because I learned more and realized I was wrong.
The point of mentioning my articles is because I've demonstrated that I, as a moderate, have plenty of strong stances. You were insinuating that they don't. I was using myself as an example.
The article is a satire of years of personal experiences I've witnessed. You don't have to agree or like it.
Arrogance is subjective to people’s own sensibilities. What you call arrogance can be assertive in another’s viewpoint , or even passive in an extremist view .
A strong stance from a moderate is an oxymoron in most instances though .
But it’s clear your definition of moderate and mine are vastly different
I think the biggest point here is trying to make decisions without backlash for the outcome leads to cultural destruction if any . We can point and laugh at partisans but it’s better than nothing. And centrist is nothing
And I’m not disagreeing with the article , I’m engaging with it . This is the best platform for it imo