The Politics of Political Correctness

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I think I'm a bit of an abnormality in the liberal camp. I do feel so the pendulum has swung too far the other way that it'll worry some to me. One personal anecdote is I was trying to gather stories of which people have changed their mind like usually through kindness or by changing their political or ethical systems but there were a lot of negative comments from what I would identify as the extreme left among my friend group. There was a reaction actually against me for holding space for these stories because they felt as though I was like providing a space for Nazi sympathizers. They're pushing people out of our tribe by taking these extreme stances and that is concerning and and sad for

Why do liberals and conservatives disagree so vehemently? Why are things so polarized in the US right now? What are the core values held by liberals and conservatives? How much value does tradition have? Where and why do liberals and conservatives disagree about climate change? Where and why do liberals and conservatives disagree about free speech and political correctness?

Cassandra Xia's bio: "Cassandra Xia (@CassandraXia) is the daughter of Chinese scientists who emigrated to the United States. Her parents raised her on a blend of logic, reason, and immigrant can-do attitude. She emerged as a strategic liberal that strongly believes in free speech and compassionate dialogue. She recently left her job as a Google software engineer to work on climate change. Cassandra's work can be found at cassandraxia.com and workonclimate.org."

Hank Racette's bio: "I'm an uneducated fifty-something father of six who divides his time between writing industrial automation software and opining about the precariousness of western civilization and the enemies, mostly unwitting, arrayed against it. I'm fascinated by words, mathematics, evolution, human nature, emergent behavior, and saving the most successful nation and culture in history from the innocent mistakes of smart people with good intentions. I'm a free-speech extremist and, in general, what used to be called a classical liberal. I can be found on Ricochet, where I write as Henry Racette, on Facebook, and reached via email at hank.racette@gmail.com."

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