It's a good description of how the Left reacts to those who don't buy into their group-think - and boy 'o boy if you ever leave the fold, you're going to be shunned.
Why the defensiveness? Why the arrogance? Why the hostility? I think it’s fear; the fear of one day realizing that we may just be wrong, and have been wrong all along.
It’s more than that. Humans inherently have a sense of eternity, and obviously desire a positive eternity for themselves. Liberal Humanists believe that their advocacy and “caring” make them a good person, guaranteeing a positive eternity.
When you, no matter how gently, point out how this advocacy is actually harmful to the object of their “caring”, you’re not attacking the policy, you’re attacking this person’s eternal existence.
THAT’S why they get so mean, vile, defensive and try to shut you up at all costs.
Same operandi. Impossible to have honest open dialog with either group.
The author writes that she loves living and working in Los Angeles. Hard to take her seriously. ; )