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minus-squareMrSqueezles@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48arrow-down7·3 years agoI don’t like that, “leftist”, has become a word used outside conservative circles. It sounds shitty and is as meaningless as, “rightist”.
minus-squaretastysnacks@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down3·2 years agoThey used to use liberal like it was something to be ashamed of. And I think they thought we were ashamed of it too. They finally figured out we don’t have a problem with calling ourselves liberal, so they came up with a new word.
minus-squareArthur_Leywin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·2 years agoLeftist is an appropriate description. What word do you prefer?
I don’t like that, “leftist”, has become a word used outside conservative circles. It sounds shitty and is as meaningless as, “rightist”.
They used to use liberal like it was something to be ashamed of. And I think they thought we were ashamed of it too. They finally figured out we don’t have a problem with calling ourselves liberal, so they came up with a new word.
Leftist is an appropriate description. What word do you prefer?