I’ve noticed a peculiar phenomenon prevalent with the liberals. They have an inclination to diminish the complexity of those they perceive as adversaries by reducing them to caricatures or dehumanizing representations.
For instance, they liken Xi to Winnie the Pooh, depicting him in a manner that belittles his position and influence. Similarly, Putin is portrayed as a mad king, exaggerating his power and malevolence for dramatic effect. They characterize Russians as orcs, implying that they are inherently evil and lacking in humanity’s essential qualities of compassion and reason.
This trend seems to suggest a reluctance among liberals to engage with opposing viewpoints on their own merits, instead choosing to dismiss them outright or diminish their significance through caricatured representations. This approach may serve as a form of psychological defense mechanism, allowing individuals to avoid the discomfort and cognitive dissonance that can arise from confronting unfamiliar or challenging ideas.
A group, claiming to champion values such as empathy, inclusivity, and respect for diversity, appears to be engaging in a peculiar behavior: dehumanizing their opponents by reducing them to caricatures or diminishing their complexity. This trend is as a form of naked hypocrisy.
They claim inclusivity and empathy because they are the “good guy team” and the good guys support those things. Being a good guy is an inherent trait to them, like being tall. You’re either on the good guy team and all your actions are good (or justifiable) or you’re not, and your every action is an evil one by default. Which is how they can see things like China’s poverty alleviation program or Cuba’s massive success in medicine and conclude that these universal goods are actually evil, because the bad guy team is the one doing them.
This is pretty funny to me as I recently had a lib refuse to acknowledge that the height of the Chinese population has greatly increased over the past 40 years and is now equivalent to or slightly greater than the height of the average hog… libs love their racialized stereotypes.
Actually yeah, even “being tall” has a lot more to it than just being an inherent thing, like a healthy diet and environment growing up.