"a liberal is someone who opposes every war except the current war and supports all civil rights movements except the one that’s going on right now"

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At some point you have to actually decide you have the conviction to stand up for your own beliefs and refuse to entertain every contrarian out of a misguided sense of impartiality that isn't truly impartial. You have to actually believe you're right to be righteous.

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This is the most fundamental fact about advocating for marginalized people that everyone gets wrong. You have to be willing to exclude the people and viewpoints intent on dehumanizing you. Making every "inclusive" space a battleground undermines its own goals.

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That's not to say that gatekeeping is inherently good either. The issue isn't whether something is asserting a material restriction but what purpose that restriction serves and for whom.

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Protecting invariants in a limited zone can act as a resource people can draw on as a base for productivity.

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