Comment on Im not conservative enough to be a liberal

bashibazouk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• NOT_RICK@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Failing to see how that applies here

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  • zoloftt@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    In the USA liberal is the term used to describe progressives. I believe that’s what they mean.

    Any Joe Schmoe on the street in the USA will use it that way. They do not know the dictionary/philosophical definition of the term, that people on Lemmy beat on relentlessly.

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    • SarahValentine@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      In the USA liberal is the term used to describe progressives.

      No we don’t. We use that to describe democrats who pretend to lean left while being conservative in all but name. Actual progressives get called other things like anarchists, dirty commies, or unamerican.

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      • untorquer@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Don’t forget the most damning and horrific title of “socialist”

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      • CptOblivius@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Basically in the Midwest anyone who is not conservative/GOP is called liberal. From center to Marx himself, all libs. It is confusing being on Lemmy where classic liberalism is used.

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      • zoloftt@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        K

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    • IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      bullshit. I hang out in progressives circles, every single American progressive world be insulted if I they are called liberal.

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      • zoloftt@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        K

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    • JeSuisUnHombre@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      The people this meme is talking about typically would not consider themselves progressive either. That it is a flavor of liberal

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      • 2ndDegreeOWO@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Take it easy on him – he can’t imagine anyone being further left than a ‘progressive’.

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    • BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Just because someone is using a term with its own meanings and definition horribly incorrectly doesn’t mean it’s acceptable to perpetrate it.

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      • zoloftt@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        My god, I’m merely explaining the original comment someone else made.

        I know the pedantry is expected, but maybe we can take a step back and read intent before smashing faces into our respective keyboards?

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    • trojanbark@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      The rest of the world uses the actual dictionary definition. “America uses its own definition so that must be more correct” is pretty damn yankee

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      • zoloftt@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Never argued that it was more correct…

        I’m merely explaining the original comment someone else made.

        I know the pedantry is expected, but maybe we can take a step back and read intent before smashing faces into our respective keyboards?

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    • Doomsider@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      No, liberals actively fight against progressives in the US.

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• ashenone@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Uh I’m greek?

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