Indeed. That's why it pains (and infuriates) me so much when my erstwhile comrades-in-arms don't recognize it. I haven't given up on them entirely, but it is disheartening.
I think you've steel, kevlar and titanium-manned some of the positions out there, many of which seem extremely contingent yet reified into being, seemingly without the need for wider consensus of the underlying viewpoints.
"But if individuals do not have the right to express different opinions, even ones which are offensive to majorities, liberalism is diminished."
Bingo!
This should be basic, but today it's not!
Indeed. That's why it pains (and infuriates) me so much when my erstwhile comrades-in-arms don't recognize it. I haven't given up on them entirely, but it is disheartening.
I think you've steel, kevlar and titanium-manned some of the positions out there, many of which seem extremely contingent yet reified into being, seemingly without the need for wider consensus of the underlying viewpoints.