The Left’s Selective Outrage Is Eroding Its Own Moral Authority
Author’s Note: This article critiques political ideologies, policy outcomes, and selective moral frameworks. It does not target or generalize any religion, ethnicity, or community. The argument is for consistency in human rights and universal moral standards. I don’t criticize the Left or liberals because they speak about injustice. I criticize them because of which injustices they choose to speak about—and which they repeatedly ignore. Outrage, when rooted in principle, should be universal. Human rights should not depend on religion, geography, or ideological convenience. Yet over time, liberal outrage has become selective, predictable, and politically aligned, steadily eroding its own moral credibility. Selective outrage is not compassion. It is moral filtering. When Victims Don’t Fit the Narrative Consider the situation of Hindus in Bangladesh, a religious minority that has faced repeated waves of violence—killings, assaults, destruction of temples, and forced displacement. Th...