Every liberal does it too, from center right radlibs to far-right “conservatives”: the most extreme right fringe liberals hate the mainstream liberals for not being bigoted enough, the mainstream libs hate the radlibs for not being cruel enough, and the radlibs hate the left for not being chauvinist enough.
Denouncing chauvinism in particular is like a liberal moral event horizon, a cardinal sin against their self-interested belief in the righteousness of the imperial hegemon that keeps the treats flowing at gunpoint.
does have some kernel of truth where being civil builds solidarity and wins people over
Who decides where the line of civility is and who prevents that line from mysteriously drifting toward favoring the status quo and its default positions?
instead of just screaming at them and then getting ignored
That line I just mentioned being arbitrarily drawn? It’s already being drawn, by you, here.
