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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
The American far right is only marginally closer to me, socially and politically, than Putin's regime. Both terrible. And both cultures I regard myself as having essentially no influence over, and so don't feel any particular responsibility to call out*.
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This is some astounding cognitive dissonance considering the amount of times I've seen you blast Western feminists for being more critical of patriarchal social structures in Western society than in places such as China, Saudi Arabia, etc.
And not to pile-on too much here, but this is part of the problem people have with you in these threads, Cliff. You're obviously a smart guy and bring up some interesting points but you consistently contradict yourself and present yourself as a dishonest actor with poor self-reflection skills and an inability to debate without committing a laundry list of logical fallacies.
To make matters worse, when you get called on these things or effectively refuted, you either get your back up or retreat into the shadows until the next opportunity presents itself for you to regurgitate the same argument with new packaging. You effectively undermine the values you claim to regard so highly and become the same shrill, dogmatic ideologue you supposedly loathe.