Full Idea
The liberal idea of community is not one, as it is for many conservatives, of blood ties or traditional authority. It rest on the idea of shared choices …including even a sense of sympathy for those caught on the losing side of the argument.
Gist of Idea
Liberal community is not blood ties or tradition, but shared choices, and sympathy for the losers
Source
Adam Gopnik (A Thousand Small Sanities [2019], 1)
Book Reference
Gopnik,Adam: 'A Thousand Small Sanities' [riverrun 2019], p.39
A Reaction
The key point is that most liberals (other than extreme libertarians) have a strong sense of community, contrary to the standard criticisms offered by communitarians.