Pure is a moralist battle cry

"Pure is a moralist battle cry" is a short essay by Karl Jones.

Essay

The word "pure" is a moralist's battle cry."

History

Jones wrote the phrase on the morning of Monday, 2 November 2020, in a post on Twitter in reply to Steven Brust, who declared:

If you are claiming that your leftist political opponents differ with you because they think you "aren't pure enough," you are either not paying attention, or are consciously spreading distortions.

Source

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