I don't think it's a betrayal of principles. The problem with Liberalism is the Universalism, because they are misapplying the idea of "Everyone is Christ's Children" to the planet and assuming the moral expansion of that.
Liberalism is political, not religious. It must be bound by political boundary conditions. Those who seek to kill liberalism and everyone who follows it can't be defended by Liberalism.
The nightwatchmen state of Liberalism doesn't look inward over the walls, it looks outward because those are where the threats are.
If you let the wolves in and say they should have as much protections as the chickens, then this is obvious nonsense. If you let werewolves in, and they bite people, and now you have former citizens who are werewolves, you still don't offer them equal protection. They are an active and ongoing threat.
Moreover frame this from the Civic Nationalist perspective: someone who is a heritage American, but is a traitor, is not an American.
King John is English because he is English no matter what he does. This isn't the case with Americans. Benedict Arnold isn't American, he's British, because he's a traitor. A traitor is never an American. And a traitor that opens the gates for enemies to pour in is intolerable.
If I framed this as "Nazis", not one Liberal/Leftist you know would disagree with anything I said. Suddenly I say that Leftists and Communists are antithetical to Liberalism, and they start freaking out. No. Wrong. They are antithetical to Liberalism and a Civic Nation, and must be removed. Even as Americans they have no right to be here. Liberalism is for Liberals, not Communists who seek to kill them.
The Liberal project of the US has been invaded by, and subverted by, Communists. They need to leave.
I don't think it's a betrayal of principles. The problem with Liberalism is the Universalism, because they are misapplying the idea of "Everyone is Christ's Children" to the planet and assuming the moral expansion of that.
Liberalism is political, not religious. It must be bound by political boundary conditions. Those who seek to kill liberalism and everyone who follows it can't be defended by Liberalism.
The nightwatchmen state of Liberalism doesn't look inward over the walls, it looks outward because those are where the threats are.
If you let the wolves in and say they should have as much protections as the chickens, then this is obvious nonsense. If you let werewolves in, and they bite people, and now you have former citizens who are werewolves, you still don't offer them equal protection. They are an active and ongoing threat.
Moreover frame this from the Civic Nationalist perspective: someone who is a heritage American, but is a traitor, is not an American.
King John is English because he is English no matter what he does. This isn't the case with Americans. Benedict Arnold isn't American, he's British, because he's a traitor. A traitor is never an American. And a traitor that opens the gates for enemies to pour in is intolerable.
If I framed this as "Nazis", not one Liberal/Leftist you know would disagree with anything I said. Suddenly I say that Leftists and Communists are antithetical to Liberalism, and they start freaking out. No. Wrong. They are antithetical to Liberalism and a Civic Nation, and must be removed. Even as Americans they have no right to be here. Liberalism is for Liberals, not Communists who seek to kill them.
The Liberal project of the US has been invaded by, and subverted by, Communists. They need to leave.