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‘Liberal’ has become a term of derision in US politics – the historical reasons are complicated (theconversation.com)
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In this setting, liberals face a conundrum. How far should they maintain traditional liberal ideals, and how far should they move towards non-liberal, and potentially illiberal, ideologies if these seem more promising for the purposes of social change?

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[–] Tuuktuuk@piefed.ee -1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Haha, that looks funny in the eyes of anyone who understands the subject.

But okay. I believe that regardless of how many questions I pose in order to find out if your case makes any semblance of sense, I won't find out whether it does.

I'll just assume you are clueless without noticing it yourself. That's okay.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Ok, and I'm just going to assume you're dishonest shit heel. Actually, that's not really an assumption, given I can see that you are

[–] Tuuktuuk@piefed.ee -1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

What if I just give you my contact on Telegram and you throw me a video call and see that no, I'm just a person who has grown in such different environment than your that I cannot recognize the context in which you are making your basic assumptions?

I'm not stupid, literally, but I am apparently very inexperienced in the regards of many things that are absolutely everyday for you.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't really care about your backstory - you were deliberately playing dumb just to be obtuse; making you a dishonest shit head.

[–] Tuuktuuk@piefed.ee -1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Honestly, not.
And it is sad that people are so entrenched that they fail to understand that people can really have different backgrounds.