Own The Libs
Own The Libs
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Socialists fought for this shit, not Democrats.
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We have an issue with definitions and terminologies that get mixed up really frequently to the common layman. I used to think liberal meant "left" before I knew better.
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This really is a problem, and is why we have so much discord here. This is not the fault of the people using the accurate language, but they do need to be aware of how many politically descriptive words have different meanings to the average person.
Like you, I misused liberal until recently. I considered it the opposite of conservative, as in the US political parties. I was, therefore, often upset when a comment disparaged liberals. I identified with that label, but I am not a Liberal the way it is often used here.
People using these terms correctly need to have patience, instead of scorn, with those of us who are not (yet) as informed.
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Socialists dont care about any of these.
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The Democrats in power are not really liberals either, they are neoliberals. And they are constitutionally opposed to any real sort of reform, or addressing the root causes of our problems. They will borrow money to spend on addressing some of the problems, but they were chosen to not undo the gains the rich have made, and indeed that the National Security state has made. They will not fix anything,
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Imagine calling the suffragettes who put empty houses on fire "Liberals".
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Considering this is targeting maga people, it’s good they’re using the terminology they can potentially grasp. The average maga voter doesnt understand the distinction between liberals and actual leftists.
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To them, liberals marxists, so yeah
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If they’re already MAGA, they’ll take this as an argument against liberalism.
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Yes, exactly. These are considered negative by some traditionalist women because they erode the family.
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"well but my husband doesn't beat me"
NOT EVERYTHING IS ABOUT YOU, SHARON
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They're also the reason that marital rape is a crime.
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I learned recently that Nebraska was one of the first states to criminalize marital rape in the United States. Crazy how times have changed.
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It wasn't even criminalized in the US at all until the 70s!
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That was because they were desperate for more women settlers, right? I recall that being why the first state to grant women suffrage did so. I think it was Wyoming.
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That's way too many words for most MAGA women.
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I think most maga women think it won't happen to them. Poor empathy, low knowledge of history, and general foolishness.
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They couldn’t handle the freedom.
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It is not entirely a mystery to think as to why some people would support an idea that is against their interests. Some people have internalised oppression. For some, it is a pathetic attempt of virtue signalling to show the oppressors "they are one of the good ones" and hoping to be spared as desperate act of self-preservation.
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if those children were allowed to read or be online they would be very upset
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This is likely to get rough though, and not just due the fuel that went into Roe falling.
The generation that dealt with Hitler and the Holocaust is mostly dead now. They served as a hard block on fascism. Yes, it leaked through in places, but their live experience had impact. Now they’re mostly dead and the current memory of society no longer holds those first hand experiences. Look around. Globally, its a problem.
This will happen with the generation of women who remember, first hand, life prior to the 1970s, when they did not have financial freedom under law, among other things. They’re all 70+ now. I think Roe was just the beginning.
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I don't disagree with your assessment but if we are collectively dumb enough to subject ourselves to obviously bad ideas simply because we haven't experienced the negative effects of those ideas firsthand then we deserve the consequences of such colossal stupidity.
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This seems to be the collective expression across media: you’re dumb [not you, krashmo, a collective “you”], either wholly or within the context of X, so you deserve bad things.
I don’t disagree when it’s something that only affects that individual, but the statements pass the buck and create a passivity regarding problems that effect more than that individual. This isn’t a hold my beer moment where someone injures themselves or an anger management issue that loses a job for that one man. The dumb of 1/3 of the population, 1/3 of a society, is thus absorbed and accepted by all with these dismissive, passive statements. To be fair, acceptance is the easier path.
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Why does credit card look different?
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Maybe it used to say something about abortion and they decided to exchange it
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Also why their children aren't in sweatshops.
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Wait I thought liberalism enabled us to work. Now it's stopping people from working?
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I mean….. I would say most of this is leftists not liberals, but perhaps that’s splitting hairs a bit
I've settled on the word "progressive" as being the best general word for this.
The problem is that, outside of politics, "liberal" is the opposite of "conservative". "Add a liberal amount of mayonnaise," means "err on the side of too much", while "Add a conservative amount of mayonnaise," means "err on the side of too little".
But in politics, sometimes, "liberal" literally means "conservative". Especially in Europe, it is associated with free market capitalism. But in America, it is not generally associated with it.
On the other hand, the meaning of "progressive" is basically the same everywhere, political or otherwise, and it has a common-sense opposite meaning from conservative, unlike "left".
Yeah, even in Canada our Liberal party is just centrist. The only times they actually enact anything progressive is when our left wing party (NDP) push them to
Ok here’s what annoys me. People who CALL themselves liberals think they’re on the same side leftists in North America, but the politicians do not have these delusions. If you’re a liberal or a democrat in actual politics, you are for free market capitalism.
Progressive is for the here and now.
Socialism, or just leftism in general, is the end goal.
I tell my friends and family that I'm a progressive. Online, I call myself a socialist.
At least in the US, you're doing your advocacy right.
Also, the opposite of "progressive" is "regressive," which does accurately describe the opposing political force.
It's apart of both liberal and conservative dichotomies to co-opt any positive social movement and claim it as their own - to outweigh all the stupid shit.
Exactly this, liberals love to point at shit that they fucking opposed, like integration, women’s rights, etc and claim they built it
You're using different terminology. Typically in the US liberal usually means socially liberal/progressive. Not economic liberalism. They're technically right. But the slang redefinition of the term due to decades of fascist propaganda definitely muddies discussions. As intended.
Doesn't help with the general lack of education on the topic. You have to stay constantly vigilant to not talk passed eachother because of it.
Progressives and radicals are always ahead of the Liberals, so the Liberals shouldn't get credit for simply eventually giving way to the ideas of other ideologies.
There's a plethora of progressive ideas that Liberals still refuse to give into. Universal Education, Healthcare, Four day week, Modern Monetary Theory, Free Public Transport, the end of the prison system, community based policing, addiction as a health problem.
Plenty of Liberals still rallying against progressive and radical ideas... Some of which will be deemed Liberal ideas once they become accepted.
These terms aren't so cut and dried in actual usage. In 2008 nearly every young person I knew would've self identified as a liberal and they supported the vast majority of everything you just claimed them to be objectively against.
At the same time, radicals are not the reason why broad change happens. There’s little value in being the first to have an idea. Making it real is the thy g.
Over here, the liberals would be the guys hiring the Pinkertons to shoot at the striking employees.
It’s not splitting hairs. Americans are just very confused.
It's splitting hairs because the intended audience thinks they're the same thing.
This is worse than splitting hairs, its propaganda designed to split the non-maga vote. Please stop.
Ok.. sure bud