You’re not a liberal—you’re an extremist wearing trendy causes

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There’s something twisted about a moral code that tries to mitigate immorality by outdoing the villain. I believe this is what pseudo-liberals—or the “control left”, a moniker I learned from Maajid Nawaz—are trying to do. So, I will deconstruct why, in my view, you’re the furthest thing from a liberal if you believe:

1.) It’s OK to harm or threaten citizens for holding certain points of view, no matter how abhorrent these points of view
2.) It’s helpful to force institutions and organisations into censoring points of view with which you disagree
3.) That your point of view is inherently more valuable or better than anyone else’s

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Liberalism has devolved into a brain-dead shuffle choreographed to avoid the hurting of feelings—rather than a rigorous intellectual exercise designed to limit oppression.

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As F. Scott Fitzgerald said: “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” A true liberal leaves their mind open, at all times, to the possibility that they might be wrong. They do not try to coerce people into adopting ideas—without listening to the other side—which they’ve already determined are best. Remember that despite the labyrinthine nature of the liberal ideology, the one thing that immediately disqualifies you from being a liberal is the belief that it’s OK to force people to do something, if it’s “for their own good”.

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