• DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe
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    1 year ago

    Hot take:

    This is the problem with the public not knowing what liberal means, or having some nebulous understanding that basically means “Democrat”

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      1 year ago

      It comes also from the word’s meaning shifting over time. I stopped calling myself liberal and started calling myself leftist. It slaps harder and lets people know where I stand.

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          1 year ago

          Did I say that? I think we should change our system to be more equitable.

          I find that people who ask that question don’t want to discuss alternatives in a constructive way.

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            1 year ago

            So you’re a typical liberal who both doesn’t like being called liberal, because the mean old Republicans keep using it as an insult, and doesn’t know what the terms mean, having mostly arrived at your the political beliefs by being born in a liberal society and going with the flow.

            A leftist is a socialist. Even under American terminology. You are a lefty under American standards, but that’s just not the same thing.