You’ve essentially described the ending of every Survivor episode.
> they certainly wouldn’t have safety concerns as grown up (mostly) men from a small girl
I take it you’ve never had to contain a raging toddler.
Why? I can see the idea of “he can (probably) overpower her”, but is that the only valid metric for safety? I think a lot of reasonable people would say no. What you actually do about that is perhaps more up in the air - sometimes it is saying “you just gotta deal with it”, like you said, but that is a lot worse of an answer when it comes to personal dynamics and consent
> I call it liberal mind virus because of the “safety” focus > … group-think public lynching based on some false sense of morality
I also promise you these are not exclusive or exceptional traits among liberals. It’s extremely easy for me to frame the (imho unreasonable) actions of some conservatives I know with that exact same language - do they have a “mind virus”? I think it’s important to take them seriously rather than dismiss them like that, as tempting as it might be
By all means I don’t know the situation and don’t want to interrogate you, but please reflect on: is it really the fault of hyper-liberal partisan groupthink, or was it a case of humans being messy and messily using the language they have to paper over it, or was it a case where “normal” people across the spectrum might agree upon a little reflection even if you still think it’s wrong?
I think you might receive less blowback and better conversation by avoiding vague, incendiary, hyper-partisan language
I guess I'm still just confused about this. Can you connect the dots between liberal values and how this situation played out?
in general: "liberal mind virus" is imho, a useless phrase at best, and an actively conversation-deteriorating one generally. Other people _do_ have legitimately held belief systems and assumptions that don't match yours, and arrive at them through a complex chain of events. It feels to me as if you are acting out the same derision you claim "hyper-liberals" show to their perceived outgroup by dismissing it as a "mind virus", removing them from the category of "normal person" so your assumption can hold