• MNByChoice@midwest.social
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    7
    ·
    9 months ago

    I hear this a lot, so I dug a bit. What do others think?

    From https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism_in_the_United_Kingdom

    …the derogatory connotation is much weaker in the UK than in the US, and social liberals from both the left and right wing continue to use liberal and illiberal to describe themselves and their opponents, respectively.

    Is it possible, that in the rest of the world, many partys call themselves liberal and after ages of conservative governments calling themselves liberal, many people in the UK have not heard “the left” call themselves liberal?

    It may also be far too general of a term to be of value.

    • PatMustard@feddit.uk
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      9 months ago

      It may also be far too general of a term to be of value.

      This is my main complaint. We humans love putting things in little categories and labels, but if you’re using a word that you think means X and everyone else thinks it means Y or Z then suddenly we’re all taking at cross purposes and everyone thinks everyone else is chatting shit.