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Yes this is true. I really struggle to find balance with this one. On one hand demanding to be treated as if they are representing views in good faith when the
by giraffe_lady 4y ago
Yes this is true. I really struggle to find balance with this one.
On one hand demanding to be treated as if they are representing views in good faith when they are not is one of the most effective and exhausting strategies of the far right, libertarians included. So I try to identify it and refuse to.
But on the other hand yes, surely a lot of self-identified libertarians "on the ground" are being honest about their understanding and motivations, and it's shitty to dismiss their positions as disingenuous when they aren't.
I doubt it's possible to always get it right, and I'm not comfortable choosing one of those two errors to make exclusively. So I do my best and ask for forgiveness when I get it wrong.