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American "left" and "liberal" can't decide if they're in the same nutshell. (lemmy.world)
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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 15 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Do not split.

But what is happening in Hong Kong is they come up with a slogan, which is translated as Do Not Split, which is, we know that some people are willing to be confrontational with riot police.

And when they are, that’s going to cost the state in terms of not only resources, but it’s going to cost the state in terms of political capital and support. And we know that there are some people who are not willing to do that. And we are going to abide by the protocol of Do Not Split, which means that we’re not going to criticize them openly, and they’re not going to criticize us openly.

If we’re the pacifists, we’re not going to have them criticize us for being sort of like, I don’t know, limpid or flaccid or not courageous or whatever. And we’re not going to criticize them for being more confrontational. And the thing is that the support is also tacit.

https://sh.itjust.works/post/42969194

[–] naught101@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Yes please.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Your quote contains exactly zero material applicable to the American left. The disagreement between leftists and liberals is a lot deeper than what tactic they prefer to reach the same goal, and liberals have repeatedly and incessantly attacked and sabotaged the left for their own ends. I mean hell, "and they're not going to criticize us openly"? Have you seen how liberals talk about the left?

[–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

^ example of splitting

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It's not, at least not as described in the parent comment.