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It's almost like "left" and "right" are bullshit alignments, and instead we have a wide array of stances on different issues; in this case on the tolerance of personal freedom and expression.
It's almost like "left" and "right" are bullshit alignments
Uh... No they're not. They're very useful words to refer to a range of ideologies and principles that, although not perfectly defining, make a lot of sense to use.
and instead we have a wide array of stances on different issues
That's why there are subcategories in the left and the right.
Left and right can be useful, but it's only a single data point. If you get all of your political beliefs from a single data point then you're an idiot. As with everything, there is more nuance than that. It's not useless. It just isn't that encompassing.
Isn't it the opposite of a data point? Left and right are very broad categories, each of which includes a lot of data points
Well, it's (theoretically) the average position of every position they hold, which is one point. The issue is that everyone values different things in different ways, so it's not the most useful thing.
I don't agree that it's an average as much as it's a set containing many data points, but sure, just semantics I guess