diskmaster23unamerican rules
I’d rather be a lib than an actual insurrectionist traitor
I don’t think OP was at the Jan 6 riot
Never know, you might have been there as well.
FibbyI’m pretty sure the venn diagram of commies and Jan 6 rioters is two separate circles
Who knew it would be capitalist supporters that would actually try to over throw the government instead of commies.
Do you have any awareness of what goes on around you?
It would appear a bit more than you. But hey at least you tried.
BNE…you ok there, bud?
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RoundcatI agree with many of the ideals of communism, but believe the wide use of Soviet symbols and iconography should stop because to many people in Eastern Europe and Asia, they are associated with imperialism, oppression and genocide. One could argue whether the Soviet Union or the Republics within the Warsaw Pact were truly communist, but I won't deny the damage these governments have done to the name and symbolism of communism, and I think that should be taken into account for any socialist who believes harmful symbols of the past should be left in the past.
LazaroFilmI reply “Stop! Don’t talk to me! It’s contagious! RUN!”
Uriel238 [all pronouns]I waz recently on the receiving end of this when I implied I might be ambiguously LGBT+. The devout Christian with whom I was conversing disengaged because The Gay could be contagious.
Consider it as a superpower. Making idiots run away from you.
Egg behaviour, lol
The cool thing is, once you gain some maturity, you don't care what people call you.
Heh, teddy bonkerz!
As long as they don’t call you late for dinner. Amiright?
HeavenAndHellAre you calling me a liar?
I ain’t calling you for dinner!
That’s what a liberal would say
What does liberal mean anymore? To most people on the right, it means anyone who cares even a bit about human rights, public safety, true religious liberty, bodily autonomy, or the health of the environment.
If someone on the right calls me a liberal, I wear it like a badge of honor. If someone on the left calls me a liberal, then we're scrapping!
You ain’t done nothing if you ain’t been called a red
If you’ve marched or agitated then you’re bound ro hear it said
So you might as well ignore it, or love the word instead
Cause you ain’t been doing nothing if you ain’t been called a red
Faith Petric You ain't been done nothing if you ain't been called a red
Hillary_Clintonhello fellow liberals, i too would like to partake in leftist activities such as voting for senator bernard sanders (i-vt)
WizBiz [He/Him]I’m not american so I have no idea what “liberal” is reffering to here tbh. Can anyone explain it to me pls?
AlisuMaybe they meant libertarian. Right wing people against government intervention on people’s lives, just in favor of little to no regulation on anything. Or liberal left, as opposed to radical left (which usually means Marxist), or maybe centrists, which usually are more liberal. In general it means being more in favor of a less powerful government.
That is not what they mean. They mean American liberal in its newest incarnation.
Hm, yeah idk what that is exactly, I’m not from the US so whatever
OwenEverbindeI think leftists currently refer to all pro-capitalists as “liberals.”
Liberals are certainly pro-capitalist, but a modern leftist wouldnt refer to a fascist or conservative as a liberal. The term is pretty much used to describe people who claim to be left leaning while still advocating for incremental (rather than radical) change, such as the modern American democratic party. It is used as a derogatory because liberals generally speaking don’t have any intention of dismantling the corporate capitalist oligarchy, or implementing true socialist policies.
Even if some self-identified liberals do desire these changes - to a leftist their methods are seen as ineffectual by design, therefore further contributing to the longevity of the broken capitalist system.
Okay, good. That’s a much more useful term than to use it to describe all pro-capitalists.
Well said. The whole mainstream media is this way. It’s all economically right, and it goes on a spectrum socially. So, when you look at diagrams like this, it gives you a false sense that there are ideas to consider from centrists to communists.
dottedgreenlineJesus, what a mind job.
I’m a European leftist and I would say that conservatives and liberals have a big overlap. In Germany, the conservative party likes to work with the liberal party best and the social Democrats with the Green party. None of these is really left from my perspective and all of them call themselves Center and are more or less liberal, but the green and obviously the liberals more than the others.
In this context “liberal” is being used as a synonym for communist, because that’s how American right wingers use it, but to a a leftist (socialist, communist, anarchist - the target audience for this meme) liberals, or more accurately neo-liberals, are center right capitalists. So while a right winger might throw all of these as insults at someone left of fascist, a leftist would only take offense to being called a liberal.
MrMobius Now I’m trying to think what would be the equivalent of the “liberal” insult in my country…
We hear a lot of you’re the “extreme left”, just as bad as the extreme right. You’re “outside of the republican/democratic frame”. As in you’re too radical too be part of the “polite democratic society”.
The “liberal” insult coming from a right winger would be used in a similar way to what you describe there, but to a leftist “liberal” is also an insult in a very different sense. Leftists basically use liberal as a derogatory for people that aren’t far enough to the left. There’s a lot of nuance to it in the way that the term is used now, but that’s the kind of the gist of it.
We call those not far enough to the left “social democrats”. And they’re proud of it generally, since the term implies they’re part of the polite/non radical democracy. So they argue those farther to the left are anti-democratic.
I actually much prefer the Han Solo format for this stuff
If someone called me the second one I’d say thank you
That’s what only a cop hating anarchist would say!
Marxism-FennekinismI’ve been accused of being an “enlightened centrist” when I criticize both Trump and Biden.
Except I’m criticizing them from way over on the far-left.
CaitThats the thing I dont get about americans, you have a far right and center right party and some people there seriosly think thats thats normal??
It’s like that astrophysics phenomenon where the spectrum shifts to one side. I guess redshift in this case since their more far right party is the red one.
ToriborThe American Right: “We should subjugate and oppress anyone who isn’t a straight white christian.”
The American Left: “That seems a little aggressive, how about a compromise where we just oppress them a little bit?”
Actual Leftists: “What the fuck…?”
BlazingFlames6073I don’t understand half the american terms for their politics
Me neither. Let’s have a tea party and discuss things.
So what do you call a guy who delivers a trophy to a convicted child rapist, like Harrison Ford did?
HolzkohlenWhat? Who is said convicted child rapist you are talking about?
I think they are referring to Harvey Weinstein and the Oscars.
maria [she/her]Being called cute