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660. Dealing with SOP alerts based on who one likes or doesn't like is also beneath liberal Democrats

as is excluding the majority of the human race from the body politic, yet for some reasons some decide that is somehow central to "liberalism" that somehow has come to mean the rights of middle- and upper-middle white men to proclaim the concerns of the rest of us insignificant. I was told that anti-racism has become the enemy because some who consider themselves true "liberals" think it's all about the evil Obama, and women's rights are a threat because of their hatred for Hillary Clinton. So the far more important political question of which rich, white individual holds the office of president trumps the human rights of the majority of the population out of some strange idea that there is something "centrist" about concern for anyone but the privileged race and gender. It's the political version of the Great Man view of history. The Great Man or woman in politics is what counts, not equality, social justice, or human rights.

The cult of the individual seems key. The NSA and conflicts between civil liberties and national security are obviously inconsequential compared to battles over boxes in Snowden's garage or whether Glen Greenwald is a demon or a saint. So given the endless fixation on individuals above policy or principle, I guess I shouldn't be surprise that some hosts make decisions based entirely on who they like versus who they don't like. Liberalism after all does privilege the individual above the common good. That was key to Adam Smith's notion of an efficient economy and the liberal state that arose in support of capitalism.

The mob really must be contained in favor of the privileged few who know what is best for the rest of us minions.