liberal intellectuals love to rally behind tolerance and debate! as if anyone has ever successfully appealed to the tolerance of a cop. or debated their way out of being evicted. it's just so asinine!!!

and then to couch such a poor reading of the current moment in a sort of pearl-clutching moralism on top that? loud and wrong!!!!

what you might value in the context of intellectual debate has far, far less value in the context of material struggle. i don't know why this is so hard to grasp

people's lives, bodily safety, ability to self determine....that's never been up for debate. that is the realm of material struggle. and i guess that's what's most specious about this argument. just say you don't think the fact that everyone's life has value is axiomatic and go