The article’s analysis is interesting but misses the point:
Once you adopt the liberal worldview, you have your Good Person Card. You’re Liberal because you’re good, and you’re good because you’re liberal. You no longer need facts, figures, or history to defend your position because any position you take is automatically good because YOU are good. This keeps them from honestly examining their policies, which is why they end up doing such monstrous things. And it’s why they get heated when you debate them: in their eyes you are not arguing a point, you are challenging their worth as a person.
“This keeps them from honestly examining their policies, which is why they end up doing such monstrous things. And it’s why they get heated when you debate them: in their eyes you are not arguing a point, you are challenging their worth as a person.”
Your comment is so very true. This happens on Free Republic consistently. Pro-Putin Freepers become belligerent when posted issue is discussed. This is their consistent reaction & easily verified by checking their accumulated posts in “In Forum.”
No one is ‘against them as individuals. However, if you disagree with their prospective you will be ridiculed.
You can literally feel the condescension from liberals in such a discussion. There is a moral superiority that precludes their need to defend their points (or even present them).
They are good because they are liberal and take the knee-jerk liberal position (i.e., party line) no matter what the issue.
You (and I) are bad because we analyze issues to determine the most rational, most effective, and sanest response to any issue.
I think you have hit upon a very important aspect of this issue.