Illiberalism aimed at minorities eventually spreads to harm the majority too

Evidence

The attendant illiberalism is not simply affecting ethnic and religious minorities, because illiberalism cannot be compartmentalized so as to only target a particular community; it eventually spreads like a cancer to impact all. — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology, 307

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes a classic theme in Holocaust and authoritarianism studies (e.g., Niemöller’s ‘first they came for…’) that censorship/exclusion cannot be contained — relevant to the reader’s broader bias/solidarity research. — connects to: Nearly everyone belongs to some minority vulnerable to majority will — Philip Pettit, Republicanism: A Theory of Freedom and…, 824; Authoritarian aggression channels into conventional targets like minorities.

Broader Connections

• Nearly everyone belongs to some minority vulnerable to majority will #corroborates (0.80) — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 824
• Authoritarian aggression channels into conventional targets like minorities. #complicates (0.75)