One of the reasons I deeply respect Scott Alexander is that he continues to resist the impulse toward tribalism, and continues to care about broader questions like "is this action one that you'd support if it were the other team doing it"?

One of the reasons I deeply respect Scott Alexander is that he continues to resist the impulse toward tribalism, and continues to care about broader questions like "is this action one that you'd support if it were the other team doing it"?

https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/seems-like-targeting

It's hard to respect a guy as extremely liberal as he is

I don't think he is extremely liberal?

(Unless you mean classical liberal, in which case he certainly is up there though still I would not call him extreme)