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Oh I see what's going on here. You're not separating the ideology of philosophical liberalism from the actions of a state power that is labeled as "liberal".
To my point.
If a person is capable of separating ideology from the actions of state powers they might have considered the possibility "John Locke was a hypocrite".
It's disingenuous to accuse liberals of supporting every single action a supposedly "liberal" state power might make. State powers aren't ruled by ideology alone, there are a bunch of different parties compromising and corrupting and grabbing power for their own interests that has nothing to do with liberalism.
Oh it was so much more horrific than you can put into words.
"Liberalism for me, not for thee" should be the Americans national motto.
Tecumseh is considered a national war hero in my country for that exact reason. They had the right to defend their land and our liberal democracy recognizes that.
This is probably my biggest regret in history.
Britain wanted to establish a native "buffer nation" between Canada and the US which Tecumseh was heavily rallying for. The US said "no way".
I wish they got their land.