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We Need Free Speech, but we Also Need Good Speech Filling in the Void of the Free Speech Movement Introducing the RIDE Method We need to systematically analyze every issue without bias One Thing to Remember About the Trans Discourse A lot of it is fake, or at least in bad faith Rebuilding a Reformist Liberal Agenda Finding common ground in passion for justice, while rejecting critical anarchism The Neo Strategy: A Centrist Strategy for Libertarianism It really is the opposite of the paleo strategy        

  Who is Responsible for the Culture Wars? Both sides are guilty, and we need to push back equally How the Culture Wars are Poisoning the Trans Conversation They hamper free speech and productive discussion. And both sides are responsible. Is the Trans Backlash Really Inevitable? I don’t think so. And we can still fix it. Why the Right Wing Culture Warriors are Not Conservative Culture wars are for conformist zombies, not thinking people.        

Free Speech: The Liberal Way From abortion to CRT, state power is making discourse toxic. We need to stop politicizing everything. Woke vs Anti-Woke: The Liberal Way How classical liberalism can provide a new way forward Non-Aggression and Good Order: The Liberal Way Why both sides of the woke wars fall short  

  The Classical Liberal Side of the Anti-Woke Divorce Story The Problem with the Anti-Woke Movement Right Now Anti-woke isn’t right wing, but right wing elements are hiding behind it What Went Wrong with the Anti-Woke Movement Let’s go back to the basics and look at the philosophical roots again What Went Wrong with the Anti-Woke Movement (Part 2): The Fusionism Factor We can't make things right without dealing with the aftermath of fusionism The Fundamental Difference Between Classical Liberals and the Authoritarian Right The challenge of wokeism highlights a 300 year old fault line We Need to Talk About What Conservatism Is And why it should be neither reactionary nor fascistic How Classical Liberals Can Overcome the Anti-Woke Establishment There needs to be a path out of the shadow of the authoritarians  

  Towards a Sensible and Compassionate Approach to Gender and Trans Issues Building the Trans Compromise that Will Get Off the Ground The agreement of at least some trans people is crucial The Scientific Case for Trans Acceptance is Simple and Necessary And it’s time we fight to put it back on the table The Trans Discourse and Gender Differences The denial of brain sex differences leads to the denial of gender dysphoria. Why Gender Dysphoria, Rather Than Gender Identity, Explains Transition And why it matters. Why Trans People Aren’t Reinforcing Gender Stereotypes  

The Key to Liberalism is Diversity of Thought The marketplace of ideas is the key to a successful reformist politics   By Rejecting Wokeism, Let’s Be Clear About What We Actually Reject Putting the Classical Liberal vs Postmodern Conflict in a Historical Context   Taking a Stance Against Woke vs Anti-Woke Accelerationism The fundamentals of the Western Enlightenment is at stake here.   Betraying the 2010s Free Speech Movement We Really Need to Talk About the Culture War Right   We Need to Call Out the Biased Coverage of Trans Issues The credibility of free speech liberalism depends on it   Defending Liberalism from Misguided Criticism Why liberalism is not responsible for woke excesses in any way

Why Trans People Aren’t Reinforcing Gender Stereotypes We need to dissect and debunk this myth, once and for all.   Trans People Need to Think of Ourselves as Normal Members of Society Fight against those who want to harm us, but don’t overreact all the time   How to Argue Against the New Anti-Trans Movement We Need to Identify the Source of the Problem and Respond Effectively   How to Make the Trans Community Respected Again We need to turn things around quickly.