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TheOtherThyme @lemmy.world
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Democratic Governance
  • Here is the fun part of this hill. I'm not dying on it. No matter what direction thus little internet debate goes, at the end of the day, liberal still means liberal. You all insisting that up means down and liberal is bad because reasons doesn't change anything except amuse me. It's like watching monkeys flung poo. I'm not dieing on this hill, I got my feet up earing popcorn. Let me know when y'all get the dictionary updated.

  • Democratic Governance
  • Dude, I literally showed you the dictionary. You think that Wikipedia, the OED, and everyone else is wrong but one dead Italian communist was right. Yes, pinko maranara had half a point in that some bad things have been done in the past in the name of liberalism, but that can be said for every major political philosophy.

    I find it very telling that not one of you russian trolls can tell me who you would support in the upcoming US election.

  • Democratic Governance
  • I read enough to see that I disagree. His attacks on what he calls "Liberalism " make a little sense in the context of him being a communist. But this post is about American politics.

    Let me ask you a simple question. Do you think that Harris should win the election in November? Do you think that Trump should win in November? Or are you suggesting some fantasy?

  • Democratic Governance
  • Sorry it was so deep and meaningful I just missed it completely. It sounds like what you are saying is that a small group of bad actors self identified as liberal when they probably should not have.

  • Democratic Governance
  • That's a you tube series. I'm talking about real life. Get off the internet and talk to real people. See if anyone uses the word "Liberal " like you do. One guy wote a book. Even if you can sight several scolars, it that's more than that to change the definition of a word or how 99.9998% of the population uses the word. To mean freedom. Likes it does.

  • Democratic Governance
  • Oh.

    And here's how the rest of the world uses the word "Liberal": https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=liberal+

    Here is the Wikipedia article on liberalism: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism

    Here is the dictionary definition of the word: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/liberal

    But, hey, your racist asshole made a shitty song about how much he liked Malcom X being shot so liberal is bad and something vote trump, right??

  • Congregation
  • Could have fooled me. Choosing your own definition for words the the entire rest of the English speaking population already defined seems like a pretty sophomoric move to me. Calling someone a "tool" sealed the deal. Does that mean that you are ready to leave your inside-only-super-speical-club only meaning to "liberal" behind and start using the word like every else uses it?

  • Congregation
  • All this is true. But it does nit change the definition of liberal, liberalism, or liberty. I feel like people here are confusing liberalism with neo-liberalis or capitalism.

  • Congregation
  • "Liberal" means free or freely and is an antonym of authoritism. In the US, the word liberal also means left wing and democratic. Please tell me who claims to be liberal but is arguing for police beatings. Because they only claim.