you have to get your head around the reality that a lot of liberals - and i'm going after legitimate liberalism, this time - just don't understand that their value systems aren't universal. it's a subtle logical error to deduce that the equality of individuals implies the equality of cultures. if we're all equal before the law, we should believe in the same laws; or, so goes the exercise in circular reasoning.

i'm not talking about these make-believe "moral relativists" that the alt-right goes after. the vulgar marxists are truly their own kind: nihilists. they're neo-cons.

liberals do not believe in relativism but in a higher concept of universal morality arrived at through reason. they reject authority in favour of logic, but that is not relativism; they reject relativism, in favour of logic, as well.

but, to them that means that all people must have the same value systems, because we all arrive at our value systems through appeals to logic. muslims and jews and christians and buddhists all really believe the same thing. this is the deism that defines the lodge, after all.

of course, it's wrong. but, it's really hard to get it across. just because the law should treat everybody equally doesn't mean everybody believes in the same laws...

that guy in edmonton may very well not think he's done anything wrong. and, in syria, he may not have been charged.