a warning from Dr. V

From his post, "Beware of Projecting Your Attitudes and Values Into Others":

We are not all the same 'deep down,' and we don't all want the same things. You say you value peace and social harmony? So do I. But some are bellicose right out of the box. They love war and thrive on conflict, and not just verbally.  

It is dangerous to assume that others are like we are.  (I am thinking right now of a very loving and lovable female neighbor who makes that dangerous assumption: she has a 'Coexist' sticker affixed to her bumper.)

Liberal 'projectionism'—to give it a name—can get your irenic self killed.

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There can be no peaceful coexistence in one and the same geographical area over the long term except under classical liberalism. For classical liberalism alone is tolerant of deep differences and is alone respectful of our equally deep ignorance of the ultimate truth about the ultimate matters.  Why must we be tolerant? Because we do not know.

Read the rest at Dr. V's Substack. To clarify: "classical liberalism" is a term often used by conservatives to describe their worldview. To be classically liberal is to cherish the Enlightenment values of rationalism, democracy, free and open inquiry and debate, tolerance, and basic human rights enshrined in places like the Bill of Rights. Today's left wants nothing to do with any of this. Today's left says math and rationality are racist, that effort and punctuality are signs of white supremacy despite the fact that these values are held in many non-white cultures, and that free speech is just an opportunity to spew misinformation, which means it must be canceled. And as for that Bill of Rights, well, the left would tear it all down if it could: no right to bear arms, no right to free speech or to privacy (because the left loves social credit and a surveillance state), no right to federalism or to limits on governmental action. The left wants hell on earth. And so far, the right is allowing the left to fulfill its plans.