Comment on Can someone define "liberal" (in its use as an insult) for me?
cabbage@piefed.social 4 months agoIf a self-proclaimed "part of the Democratic coalition" is dismissing whatever arguments you make by weirdly comparing you to John Locke as a slur, chances are they are they are not, in fact, part of the Democratic coalition. The fact that they are borrowing their slurs from the conventional fascists should be telling enough.
They might even share employer.
ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
I think that even the people who are just as bad as you say are also part of the Democratic coalition simply because both they and I will be voting for Kamala Harris in November, although they will be doing it while complaining a lot. (I’ll be complaining a little because I’m never going to support any candidate 100% but my ideal candidate would still be a moderate Democrat.)
cabbage@piefed.social 4 months ago
I have seen people argue that they will never vote for Harris, because she's just part of the same rotten establishment etc etc. Mostly from the same people who use liberal as a slur. They seem to be very loud around here.
I might be ignorant though. Have anyone established/respected in the circles around Sanders/the Squad used the term "liberal" in a similar sense? Or is it mostly by faceless folks online?
JimSamtanko@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Those people were never voting for any democrat. Regardless of who was chosen.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 months ago
The people I’ve seen who use “liberal” as an insult have also stated they will explicitly not vote against trump. They give ‘reasons’.
The fact that these ‘reasons’ parallel russian troll farm talking points exactly is merely a coincidence.
ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
I think you should give them more credit than that. There are, for example, real leftists (not trolls) who are extremely hostile to liberals due to disagreements about Middle East policy but still intend to vote for Harris.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I would be happy to. If they’re voting for Harris, let ‘em in, I say.