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A Misunderstood Anti-Woke Liberal Rant How many times do I need to say that I am not with the reactionaries? Reframing the Woke vs Non-Woke Debate It should be between two competing visions of progress Now is the Time for the Left to Recognize that Reformism is The Only Way If they still can’t see the truth after so much failure, then I don’t know what to say As an Anti-Woke Liberal, This Worries Me A Lot Emotionally charged reactionary sentiment is fueling the rise of Pre-Fascism We Need to be Reasonable About Tradition Tearing everything down is simply misguided On Deprogramming the Critical Anarchist Mindset We really need to chart a course separate from the culture warriors

Why Freedom Needs Practical Progressives and Moderate Conservatives This combination allows practical reform without ideological obsession The Model of Sustainable Progress Perhaps We Should Think of Politics like Economics? Political Moderates Must Stop Being Fearful Sitting Ducks The center will not hold unless we come out fighting for it The Compassionate Case Against Postmodern Radicalism Someone has to hold the postmodern radicals accountable for harming disadvantaged minorities It’s Time for Sustainable Progressives to Speak Up We need to push back against the radicals before it’s too late Moderate Reformists Need to Reclaim Conservatism It is the antidote to far-left vs far-right polarization Rebuilding the Sensible Center Getting Old School Liberals On Board is the Key

Why Compassion is Important in the Defense of Objectivity Those who trample on others’ feelings risk falling into a subjective rabbit hole Why Compassion is Important in the Defense of Free Speech Some often overlooked but important arguments The Trans Discourse is Missing Compassion Too many people want their views to prevail at the expense of real lives How Compassion can Help End the Division Over Trans Issues Both sides need to stop fighting and start again from a place of compassion Why Tribalism is Freedom’s Worst Enemy It leads to an endless spiral towards irrational authoritarianism Why Freedom Needs Practical Progressives and Moderate Conservatives This combination allows practical reform without ideological obsession Building the Non-Woke Progressive Tradition There needs to be an alternative to the woke vs anti-woke extremism

Cancel Culture and Free Speech: Applying the RIDE Method A systematic assessment of competing claims   Reactionary Culture Warriors Are Not Friends of Free Speech Nor should they be called conservative at all   Why Compassion is Important in the Defense of Free Speech Some often overlooked but important arguments   Moral Libertarianism is the Solution to End the Culture Wars We need an extension of classical liberal principles to stop the new religious wars   Culture War Kills Independent Thinking And without independent thinking, we will never get to the truth

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