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.
Pretty similar to how one could attempt to understand that a country of +20 million people such as the DPRK probably works through a somewhat complex and elaborate system that involves the participation of hundreds of thousands of people only to form the state apparatus but on the other side it’s much easier to just say that Kim Jong-Un is a crrrrraaaazzzyyyy madman and he takes all the decisions of the country by himself and millions of people just obey him because lol. Liberalism needs to caricaturize its enemies in order to rally the people against them.
In addition, in another thread, a couple of users and I expanded on the dehumanization of the adversaries of liberalism by resorting to bigotry and slurs by making exceptions on racial, sexual or gender-based discrimination against those individuals who are deemed to be “deserving” of it. Here it is in case you’re interested.
Exactly, lib world view is reductionist to the extreme. They create these infantile caricatures that let them collapse complex geopolitical issues into us good them bad narratives.