• socialjusticewizard
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    1 year ago

    You misunderstand. People do have a strong tendency to do that, yes. Conservativism is about that, it enshrines that. You can have leftism without infighting. You can have LGBTQ+ without radical exclusion. You cannot have conservativism without exclusion of outgroups.

    • Aesthesiaphilia@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      That’s an excellent point, you’re totally right. I just did a “both sides”. There’s a massive difference between the two, and I shouldn’t have equated them.