Well, look no further, investigate no further, than examining the principles of Stalin, Lenin, Mao and Castro, Chavez/Maduro, Kim Jong, et. al.
That’s all one need do.

It’s pretty simple, really.

Some folks – like those who founded our Constitutional Republic believe INDIVIDUAL rights predominate and are part and parcel of being a human.

Leftists, demonkrats, et. al., believe that govt – ruled by them, of course – should determine how people should live and what they believe.

Note how those who are big fans of leftist ideology – Sanders, AOC, Pelosi,Schumer, all demonkrats, et. al., – REFUSE to leave the imperialist, racist USA and move to Cuba or N.Korea or anywhere else (not even France or Bolivia or Nicaragua or Venezuela or some black ruled Caribbean or African hell hole) .
Why?
Because the rulers there have already absconded with whatever power and riches are to be had – in the best traditions of socialist dictatorships (see, the nomenklatura of the former USSR) , and if AOC , Sanders, et. al. desire to have such riches – and they do – they must find them here in the USA.

It really is too bad that execrable human scum like Sanders, AOC, Bidet, Schumer, et. al., cannot be deported and forced to live in those nations they so admire.

Oh well, maybe one of these days.

Yes, I’ve heard that one. So what’s the counter you most frequently see on the Right? Because Leftist brains are not wired differently. Like every other conceivable group of humans, there are fools, knaves, and honest people trying to do their best, in varying proportions.

The Left has no lock on vice. So, if you spot it and call it out when it’s done by someone on the Right, you are still yourself an honest man. If you can’t see it or won’t call it out, then the other two descriptors I used may fit better.

(I say, you not meaning “Richard Aubrey” but impersonal “you”, like the British-sounding “one”.)

I belabor this because you can’t fight effectively if you are wrong about the nature of your enemy. I see a lot of people talking about the Left as though they represent some different order of humanity. That misperception is very useful to the real enemy and you can’t fight him with his weapons on his ground.

Now, I make my usual exception for the cohort I refer to as “mush heads” who don’t actually know they lie. From time to time a small bit of discomfort can be detected as what they say bumps up against something they accidentally remember knowing, or the logic seems incredibly silly. But “whataboutism” is deployed and they are reassured.

I address the term by saying I’m not trying to convince them of anything but how dishonest/silly/illogical they look to normal people. And if they didn’t want to look like that, they could keep believing but if they kept quiet, fewer people would know.

I don’t think this makes any progress, but nor do any other actual arguments. So I may as well indulge my well-known mean streak.

Or perhaps put them on notice that they need a new schtick.

It is self-deluding to think that this is found only among people who are our political opponents. I see plenty of people everywhere doing it. When it’s not aimed at you it may be harder to see. People who vote D do not have differently wired brains. The only way to not become a person like this is to watch yourself and people you agree with and call it out when you see it.

That is if you really believe in the principle that principles should be applied equally, not all of us really do despite what we say…

From her article “American Liberalism in Danger” (Oct. 15, 2020)…
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/stop-being-shocked

“…There is also the X factor of Donald Trump, which is impossible to overstate. Understandable hostility toward him has prevented many Jews from seeing the problem on the other side. To even look away from the obscenity in the White House for a moment strikes many, as they have told me, as irresponsible or beside the point.

“I share with the majority of American Jews’ disgust toward Trump and Trumpism, which has normalized bigotry and cruelty in ways that have crippled American society. That truth doesn’t detract from another: There is another danger, this one from the left. And unlike Trump, this one has attained cultural dominance, capturing America’s elites and our most powerful institutions. In the event of a Biden victory, it is hard to imagine it meeting resistance. So let me make my purpose perfectly clear: I am here to ring the alarm. I’m here to say: Do not be shocked anymore. Stop saying, can you believe. It’s time to accept reality, if we want to have any hope of fixing it….”

That second paragraph is a real doozy.

The only possible conclusion is that she’s just another purported liberal who’s brain has turned to mush.