Do any of them know what the word “liberal” actually means?

  • febra@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Republicans are also liberals. At least in the true sense of the word. So it’s low-key funny when they use the term liberal as an insult.

    I myself am not a liberal. Fiscally at least. Socially I’m a progressive.

    • mynameisigglepiggle@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      I’m just excited to see what happens when they find out their PC has been invaded by libs.

      And then proceeds to own them by deleting them all

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      6 months ago

      In American political terminology, “liberal” means a different thing than in Europe. It implies being left-wing on social issues. Republicans by definition cannot be liberals (in the American sense of the term).

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        6 months ago

        It would be like saying “it’s funny when Americans say they’re going to ‘wear their boot’, how are you going to wear part of your car?”

        They are using a different definition of the word, and pretending they aren’t is being wilfully ignorant at best. Pretending the other definition doesn’t exist just serves to alienate people who might actually agree with you.