RE: I Used To Be A Fan But I Am Now Shocked, Disgusted And Appalled With Sam Harris
May 28, 2017 at 11:52 am
(May 28, 2017 at 11:35 am)Hammy Wrote:(May 28, 2017 at 11:33 am)Mathilda Wrote: I have only ever heard Americans refer to the extreme left, but then those same people think of socialism as akin to communism and assume that it's the route to economic ruin all the while not realising that what prosperous parts of Europe have is what they consider socialism. So I tend to ignore what Americans say when they talk about the extreme left. I just see the poster as being parochial.
What I've noticed is there is nothing liberal or left about this so-called "extreme-left". It's whiny authoritarianism, not liberalism. Being so politically correct that you try to shut down free speech isn't being liberal or pro free speech: it's being authoritarian which is right-wing not left wing. These are pseudo-liberals who identify as liberal but are actually rather authoritarian in their behavior--they don't practice what they preach that's the problem. They preach free speech but then they try to shut down people's free speech as they scream political correctness. That's not liberal, that's authoritarian.
I'll agree to that. I also agree that it's bullshit that liberals should be blamed for others voting Trump. It's just a nonsensical idea that's not even wrong. It would have to make sense for it to be wrong.
