• zoloftt@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Looks like my comment went over your head. You are exactly what I’m talking about.

    I understand your point, but it’s pedantic either way.

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      7 months ago

      It’s really not, and I understood your kumbayah nonsense.

      ‘Liberals’ do not want to see the atrocities that the us does.

      That is the difference between them and MAGA. They do not want to stop anything trump is doing. They want to be at brunch while it is happening.

      That is the fundamental problem. Half of Harris voters supported Donald trumps 2016 immigration policy. As that is what harris ran on. The other half was okay with genocide as long as it didn’t happen to them.

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        7 months ago

        Still missing my point. I agree with your stance wholeheartedly. It’s a semantics problem. The point of communication is to get an idea across, and you’re hard stuck on this pictures usage of the word liberal.

        I don’t know if you’re not from the US, but I am, and what I’ve described is how that word is interpreted in the US.

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          7 months ago

          It’s not semantics to be against incorrectly used, inclusive language when it includes two groups that couldnt have less to do with each other.

          It’s like saying “humans sexually assault dogs.” And being mad when someone points out that humans dont generally do that, just creepy zoophiles.

          Correcting language is the first step to correcting ideas, and thats the first step to fixing undeveloped countries like the us.

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            7 months ago

            That is semantics friend. You’re describing semantics. We disagree on the meaning of a word, because colloquially it means one thing while it means something else in other definitions.

            Also your analogy is bad. You’re describing a generalization or the formation of a stereotype.

            Correcting language IS NOT how you correct ideas. You correct ideas by making people experience a difference in emotion.

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                7 months ago

                Care to expand? Maybe read Rules For Radicals and you can tell me why I’m wrong.

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                  7 months ago

                  American usage/understanding of “liberal” as leftist in any meaningful way is not colloquial, it is a misapprehension deliberately encouraged by our government to give the false impression of political diversity

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                    7 months ago

                    As I said before, semantics. I’m on your side. I agree that the Dems are hardly any better than the GOP. The 2 party system is trash, and we need actual progress instead of folks just keeping things the way they are.