Moral Libertarian View: When Progressives Become Hypocrites About Equality

Welcome to TaraElla Daily News, where we slay the echo chambers, one issue at a time. Today, we're going to look at the issue of the Left's habit of labelling minorities who disagree with them as Token Minorities. You know, how they think that all non-whites and LGBT individuals must side with the Left, or else they are some kind of modern Uncle Tom. Popular YouTube commentator Roaming Millennial made a video about this last week, and I'm going to respond to that and also add my own thoughts too.

This is a cool-headed centrist show trying to reach out to everybody in good faith, so we can maintain an effective free market of ideas. Opening up conversations is what I do every day; if you agree with me, I highly recommend subscribing to this channel. The modern left is all about equality, as they often like to point out, and I will take this point in good faith. I mean, from what I see, progressives have often been truly passionate about some aspects of equality, especially for minority groups. I don't doubt that. But then, it remains a fact that certain minority individuals, like Roaming Millennial, have experienced unequal treatment at the hands of the Left. Let's look at what she had to say in more detail:

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Now, this is a clear case of unequal treatment. A clear case of discrimination. If Roaming Millennial wasn't a half Asian woman, she wouldn't have been called those disrespectful names. And if you think about it, Uncle Chen is a really racist nickname. I would certainly feel offended if you called me an 'Uncle Chen'. It appears to many people that the Left will treat minority individuals as equals, only where they toe the party line. It begs the question of what kind of equality the Left believes in. Certainly not the kind I believe in. I am a Moral Libertarian, and my core principle is that every individual should be entited to Equal Moral Agency. The Left, at the moment, appears to have a very weak appreciation for this kind of equality.

The Core Moral Libertarian Principle: Equality of Moral Agency

The core Moral Libertarian Principle is that every individual should have their fair, equal share of moral agency. A major part of this is, every individual should be able to think for themselves, rather than being pressured to follow the crowd. In this spirit, individual views that differ from conventional expectations should be equally respected, and every voice should be considered in good faith. Another important part of moral libertarianism is, every individual should be able to believe whatever they sincerely believe in, and preach what they believe. Every individual should be able to live according to their own moral consciences, regardless of their race, gender or orientation. This is clearly not happening with the Left, and their dismissive attitude towards minorities who think differently.

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For Moral Libertarians, Equality of Moral Agency is the first and most important equality. From our point of view, if the Left fails to even respect this kind of equality, then all their other equality talk is truly hypocritical. To choose economic equality over free speech, for example, would be a true act of cowardice. After all, in a world where one doesn't have an equal right to be outspoken, where one must toe the party line in whatever they do, people are essentially zombies anyway, so what's the use of having economic equality?

The point is, if a straight, white man were making conservative arguments, progressives will engage with the ideas. But if a minority individual is making the same arguments, progressives turn it into something about token minorities, refusing to take the arguments seriously. It's unfair and frustrating. And Roaming Millennial is certainly not the only conservative minority individual being unfairly treated by progressives. Just a few days ago I discussed the unfair treatment towards Dave Rubin and Blaire White in progressive circles. It is clearly a systematic problem. In the words of progressives themselves, this is a clear case of systematic oppression of certain minorities. How ironic.

Now, I'm not saying that progressives can't disagree with Roaming Millennial, or any of the other individuals she mentioned in her video. I mean, if they didn't disagree with conservatives, they wouldn't be progressives, right? The point is, they need to treat political opponents who happen to be minorities with the same respect, as they would any other opponent. The practice of labelling people as Token Minorities needs to end.