Let this be the age of Hard Liberalism
Catallaxy Files points me to this
excellent article by Pamela Boone defending the kind of liberalism I believe I espouse. Here is the culmination....
Last October in Britain's Guardian newspaper, columnist Polly Toynbee castigated the "limp liberals" who fail to protect their most profound values. Hard liberals, she said, hold basic human rights to be non-negotiable and worth fighting for. They do not respect the culture of others when it comes to breaching human rights - or women's rights, which are the same thing. Limp liberals, she said, are always on the side of peace because it is more morally comfortable.
