The People's Line

The People's Line

Factions of the US liberal-left

No, they aren't all the same.

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Carl Beijer
Dec 15, 2021
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If you want to know someone’s politics, just watch who they generalize about — and who gets individual consideration. It’s a tell so reliable that even people who are evasive or deceptive about their personal commitments usually reveal themselves in this way. When we agree with some political tendency, we tend to honor the individuality of our allies, a…

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