What's new in theory is the element of skepticism that literary criticism by and large which is usually affirming a canon of some sort doesn't reflect.

这新内容就是怀疑主义元素,它是文学评论,所不具备的,文学评论总是坚持某种原则。

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So, for instance, it's a moral principle that some of us would hold to that even if stereotypes are correct it is still immoral to apply them in day to day life.

例如，有一个道德原则,是有些人很坚持的,那就是即使刻板印象是正确的,但如果在日常生活中应用它，是不道德的。

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re seen as having betrayed our principles, re seen as no longer standing for the things that Americans think we stand for, for liberty and democracy and justice.

大家认为我们背叛了我们的原则，We’,大家认为我们，We’,不再坚持我们的主张，不再主张自由，民主和正义。

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