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We just don't pretend that we don't believe in the use of force.
To the average lib, "anti-authoritarianism" means they follow the state department line on who is good and bad.
They love force when it is employed against the right people, even if they claim to "disagree" with the methods.
Nah, they don't even pretend. Just watch them talk about "terrorists". Liberals unsurprisingly have a full on statist view of violence. Their violence to protect property is legitimate and all other violence is illegitimate.
"terrorism" is a great term to explain how they think, too. The meaning of "Terrorism" in actual use is very literally "organized violence I disagree with". The type, purpose, goals, intent, and targets of the violence are utterly irrelevant. it doesn't matter if it's harsh language or thermonuclear bombs. All that's needed for something to be labelled terrorism is that the speaker believes the perpetrators are an organized group and that they disagrree with teh violnce. Fascinating stuff.
"Authoritarian" is a fascinating word because it really does just mean "other group that I think are bad". That's it. It has no other meaning. There's no definition that distinguishes "authoritarian" organizations from "Non-authoritarian" organization except the speakers relationship to a group they disagree with (or have been thrown out of for being a wrecker).