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<blockquote data-quote="zubenelgenubi" data-source="post: 4869154" data-attributes="member: 63706">Your questions are very leading. Am I on a crusade against cancel culture and liberal idealism? Is writing my opinions about the matter on an internet forum a &quot;crusade&quot;? To try to answer the most important questions, and I have stated this before:I believe in balance. Liberalism, whatever that is, and conservatism, whatever that is, are both important, and must balance out. I understand that no one is completely liberal or conservative. Where I see the real problems are in statism vs individualism. When people who lean conservative or liberal also lean statist too far, it is a problem. Common values within a society are important to help individuals understand each other and interact in a peaceful manner. This is why a paradigm that factionalizes and groups people along any arbitrary lines is bad for maintaining a peaceful society. It doesn&#039;t matter to me who is behind the factionalization, the entire idea of political parity is divisive. Those who seem to lean liberal these days also generally tend to lean statist which is actually a reversal of the liberal values that this country was founded on. Conservatives, generally, tend to lean towards individual liberty, which is my leaning, so clearly I don&#039;t have a reason to rail against the things I agree with. I&#039;ll call out conservatives who lean the other way. A good chunk of the Republican party are statist, and probably not all that conservative. That&#039;s mostly why I had to start voting third party.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="zubenelgenubi, post: 4869154, member: 63706"] Your questions are very leading. Am I on a crusade against cancel culture and liberal idealism? Is writing my opinions about the matter on an internet forum a "crusade"? To try to answer the most important questions, and I have stated this before: I believe in balance. Liberalism, whatever that is, and conservatism, whatever that is, are both important, and must balance out. I understand that no one is completely liberal or conservative. Where I see the real problems are in statism vs individualism. When people who lean conservative or liberal also lean statist too far, it is a problem. Common values within a society are important to help individuals understand each other and interact in a peaceful manner. This is why a paradigm that factionalizes and groups people along any arbitrary lines is bad for maintaining a peaceful society. It doesn't matter to me who is behind the factionalization, the entire idea of political parity is divisive. Those who seem to lean liberal these days also generally tend to lean statist which is actually a reversal of the liberal values that this country was founded on. Conservatives, generally, tend to lean towards individual liberty, which is my leaning, so clearly I don't have a reason to rail against the things I agree with. I'll call out conservatives who lean the other way. A good chunk of the Republican party are statist, and probably not all that conservative. That's mostly why I had to start voting third party. [/QUOTE]

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