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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 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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.