Yes indeed, in my view. The larger response is that such labels are rarely used as tools for thought (as you have done here), and for more often as weapons, tribal markers, signals, etc. I regain all sorts of (probably false) hopes when they’re used as tools for thought, so thanks for that, probably. 🙂
Another blog post along these same lines that you might enjoy (probably not the right word) reading: http://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2017/02/01/fighting-for-the-ancien-regime/
I find Tim Burke very thoughtful indeed.
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