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In recent threads a number of issues in the news have been raised demonstrating the increasing impact of Authoritarian-Leftist Social Justice Warriors ("SJW") pushing Identity Politics. Activities serving to sub-divide our nation into warring cultural groups; the antithesis of the melting pot ideal they pretend to be fighting for.
Some Forum members have questioned my credibility as a "Left-Libertarian" due to my opposition to the tactics employed by groups like Black Lives Matter, advocates of the "Check Your Privilege" meme, and other P.C. social justice warrior groups. That because I argue against SJW methodology I am not truly supportive of freedom of expression and therefore not true to liberal ideology.
A recent incident came up regarding "Cultural Appropriation" which can be found here:
Doing a search for various responses to that video I found the following video that comes fairly close to how I view things. It's not very long but it does make several cogent points:
I lean somewhat left on economic issues as listed in that video, but libertarian on cultural issues. I am a neo-classical Liberal, believing that government is created by individuals to protect themselves from one another, to minimize conflicts that would otherwise arise in a state of nature. That it is necessary but should be as small as possible to allow the exercise of individual freedom while still preventing such conflicts.
So whenever I see people acting out to stifle the freedom of others, and twisting the situation to claim the moral high ground, I speak up. Situations like the woman in the video (unaware she was being recorded) who assaulted the student over his hairstyle while pretending HE started it by putting his hands on HER.
Shades of this video encounter: Trump Protester Gets Pepper Sprayed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuBMWgMn52I
This is also why I haven't reacted the way SJW's expect when constantly barraging us with anti-Trump incident threads. I choose to not buy into the hype and histrionics of whatever SJW group incites a confrontation and then cry foul when they get the exact response they were hoping for. Instead I look at these incidents through a different lens, asking myself who is acting to cause the situation, rather than simply buying into the effect.
Some Forum members have questioned my credibility as a "Left-Libertarian" due to my opposition to the tactics employed by groups like Black Lives Matter, advocates of the "Check Your Privilege" meme, and other P.C. social justice warrior groups. That because I argue against SJW methodology I am not truly supportive of freedom of expression and therefore not true to liberal ideology.
A recent incident came up regarding "Cultural Appropriation" which can be found here:
https://youtu.be/jDlQ4H0Kdg8
I'm personally torn here, while her actions would be called a "hate crime" had it been reversed, who here hasn't wanted to punch a white kid with dreads in the face?
Doing a search for various responses to that video I found the following video that comes fairly close to how I view things. It's not very long but it does make several cogent points:
I lean somewhat left on economic issues as listed in that video, but libertarian on cultural issues. I am a neo-classical Liberal, believing that government is created by individuals to protect themselves from one another, to minimize conflicts that would otherwise arise in a state of nature. That it is necessary but should be as small as possible to allow the exercise of individual freedom while still preventing such conflicts.
So whenever I see people acting out to stifle the freedom of others, and twisting the situation to claim the moral high ground, I speak up. Situations like the woman in the video (unaware she was being recorded) who assaulted the student over his hairstyle while pretending HE started it by putting his hands on HER.
Shades of this video encounter: Trump Protester Gets Pepper Sprayed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuBMWgMn52I
This is also why I haven't reacted the way SJW's expect when constantly barraging us with anti-Trump incident threads. I choose to not buy into the hype and histrionics of whatever SJW group incites a confrontation and then cry foul when they get the exact response they were hoping for. Instead I look at these incidents through a different lens, asking myself who is acting to cause the situation, rather than simply buying into the effect.
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