I get a little lost in the rhetoric and misused terminology.
For example, when people say “liberal,” they tend to mean either “progressive” or the more left major political party (Dems), but when they say “liberalism,” they tend to mean the ideal of maximizing individual rights. Modern self-described “liberals” tend to have an “ends justify the means” mentality (which tankies take to the absurd), whereas liberalism is all about the means.
So yeah, it’s focusing even before getting into “tankie logic,” which is entirely oxymoronic.
Not sure where I’m going with this, but thanks for clearing things up.
I get a little lost in the rhetoric and misused terminology.
For example, when people say “liberal,” they tend to mean either “progressive” or the more left major political party (Dems), but when they say “liberalism,” they tend to mean the ideal of maximizing individual rights. Modern self-described “liberals” tend to have an “ends justify the means” mentality (which tankies take to the absurd), whereas liberalism is all about the means.
So yeah, it’s focusing even before getting into “tankie logic,” which is entirely oxymoronic.
Not sure where I’m going with this, but thanks for clearing things up.