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Originally Posted by jammies
Yeah, my point is that the specific thing he's saying is becoming more prevalent due to liberalism's supposed decline has nothing to do with liberalism at all. I understand his point entirely, and disagree with it.
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Okay, that's fine, but I don't understand how your statement works as a counterargument to his point, which is why it wasn't clear to me that you had understood it. How does your position that hypocrisy is innate to human nature contradict his view that this is about liberal principles? Wouldn't the retort be that group identity isn't relevant to the way people are behaving in this particular instance, or that consistency in application of a principle isn't itself an aspect of the principle, or something along those lines?