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You highlight the difference between zealous advocacy and debate. The advocate cannot admit the flaws of their own position, or the merits of the other position

You highlight the difference between zealous advocacy and debate. The advocate cannot admit the flaws of their own position, or the merits of the other position. You characterize the left in a moderate way, and the right in an extremist way, even though extremism exists on both sides. I miss the cultural norm that privileged debate over zealous advocacy, leaving the latter to lawyers and politicians.

mptest 3y ago
>Zealous advocacy is centrist handwaving that ignores material realities on the ground. Acting as if noting one side is reasonable with faults and the other are lunatics not fit to old office is empirical, here's some proof. Side A are passing a 4% tax on millionaire's and passing universal school meals for kids. [0] B are forcing 12 year olds to carry their rapists' child to term. [1] You're mistaking empirical pragmatism with "zealous advocacy" because you've probably bought a little too much horseshoe theory nonsense or some other centrist silliness. [0]https://www.npr.org/2023/08/18/1194424563/free-school-lunch- https://www.npr.org/2023/08/18/1194424563/free-school-lunch-... [1] https://theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/14/mississippi-aborti https://theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/14/mississippi-aborti... Please, tell me what extremism is there from the left outside of twitter??? Because I can list dozens of articles like [1] that the right are doing on the ground, right. now. Please, privileged debate away.