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@drwho I'm genuinely dismayed at the lack of understanding that most liberals have of conservative argument. That said, I think Blackwell's missed something critical in his analysis. People aren't used to liberals having moral arguments -- Haidt himself seems to reject the idea that liberals hold morality as a virtue -- and moral arguments brook no negotiation. By refusing to consider the moral component in modern leftist rhetoric, he conflates principled refusal to budge with ignorance.
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@drwho At the same time, there's a long history on the right of refusing to draw even the simplest correlation between any allegedly-neutral policy and its unintended or undesirable circumstances. This reinforces the sense that most conservatives' arguments are disingenuous and thus not worth deciphering. I'll fully grant most liberals don't dig into the right's arguments, but at the same time, is it surprising when most conservatives don't seem to grasp the consequences of their own views?
