Footnotes to Plato from the foothills of the Superstition Mountains

Contemporary ‘Liberals’ Have Trouble with Distinctions: Beginning of a Catalog of Examples

Contemporary 'liberals' (leftists)  seem incapable of distinguishing between

  • nationalism and white nationalism
  • patriotism and jingoism
  • legal and illegal immigration
  • immigration and emigration
  • race and skin color
  • racism and race realism
  • statements whose subject matter is race and racist statements
  • white people and white supremacists
  • legitimate and illegitimate forms of discrimination
  • free speech and hate speech
  • hate and dissent
  • people and propositions
  • democracies and republics
  • fact-stating and emotive uses of language
  • races and religions
  • social constructs and natural realities
  • equality of opportunity and equality of outcome
  • a citizen and a person who happens to be within a nation's geographical boundaries.

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