<div dir="ltr">Marcus, <div>It does take the "bleeding hearts" some time to get to "othering". That said, it's been a while since this started, and the vast majority I know are there now. </div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:echarles@american.edu" target="_blank"></a></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 4:47 PM Marcus Daniels <<a href="mailto:marcus@snoutfarm.com">marcus@snoutfarm.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Nah, it takes the bleeding hearts some time to get to othering. They need some moral support to do it.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 27, 2021 12:51 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <<a href="mailto:friam@redfish.com" target="_blank">friam@redfish.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [FRIAM] Liberal dilemmas<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We talk politics sometimes and the "liberal paradox" has come up. This seems like a variation on that. I've seen this comic for half a year now, and it bugs me every time. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">There is 1) an arrogance to "RIGHT THING", 2) an assumption that anyone acting differently than you cannot have any explanation for their behavior other than selfish idiocy, and 3) a self-centered belief that their behavior is somehow a
factor of you, rather than a choice of their own. Even worse than those, 4) there is some fundamental lack of decision-ownership that leads to some insidious places: The assertion that what others are doing leads you to "have to" do something --- HAVE TO ---
rather than it being one of many factors that play into your <i>choosing </i>to do it. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I'm vaccinated, and I wear a mask in public, and I dislike everything this comic seems to be standing for. It is
<u>anti</u>-liberal. It reveals deeply authoritarian leanings, and a firm dedication to "othering" those around you. <u></u><u></u></p>
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