This is why a general aversion to infringements on liberty is a good thing . Once you start saying yeah but surely in this case it then becomes a matter of taste whether you defend something or not . By making a pattern that you ' ll defend absolutely anything that consenting adults do then it becomes much more difficult to shame you out of defending something . with the usual caveats about social coercion as present in times where duelling was a thing or a more modern example being oppression of certain women in certain cultures <| sep |> It ' s not just one side . It ' s both . Politics at the government level is so completely polarized it ' s disgusting . <| sep |> Favorite DavidLike Jay , Zeke , KenIndifferent Sunday , WillLeast Favorites Adam , Bret , Hannah , Adam