I think we tell liberals and conservatives apart in the way that you’d tell two species in the same genus apart
Or honestly, two breeds of the same species these days
Hates leftists
That shit sent me
Only note is Liberals should be labeled “thinks leftists and conservatives are the same thing”
Liberals should be labelled “Thinks they’re the leftists and that conservatives are needed for good bipartisanship”
Leftists don’t have to hate leftists. We could learn to celebrate each other.
All leftists are my comrades!
Except for those damn Trostskyists!
Fuck you, pal!
i don’t hate leftists, it’s the libs who hate me.
That would make me deeply happy, and significantly increase our ability to accomplish any of the changes we’d like to see in the world
I feel like purity testing has been less of a problem lately, due to the urgency of… pretty much everything.
Increases of purity testing is a symptom of being ineffectual. It is frustrating being a socialist when things fall apart and there are no real plans of action.
What do people do when they feel powerless?
tell that to the maoists and the stalinists. lol
I’m sorry, do commies not believing in US department of state propaganda bother you?
— every single time i forget to add a </snark> tag…
Conservatives and liberals should be one circle called liberals with a smaller circle inside called “conservatives: the most hated liberals”
Conservatives and liberals should be one circle called liberals with a smaller circle inside called “conservatives: the most hated liberals”
*gestures at “Leftists don’t bother telling conservatives and liberals apart.”*
You’re just proving the chart accurate.
They’re right when it comes to politicians though. They both cater to billionaires and corporations, they both support bombing random ass countries, they both support sanctioning Cuba, etc. Not shaming anyone who votes for liberals, because they’re less bad domestically, but even then they’re constantly moving right, now throwing trans people under the bus and such.
In terms of ideology, both believe in capitalism and US hegemony first and foremost.
I’d argue liberal voters are more likely to be decent people, but their politicians aren’t very different, and that’s normally what we think when we talk about just how similar they are. Hell, even among liberal voters I find their support for the US military appalling.
I kinda see liberals as generally fitting into two categories.
One is straight up horrible people who just want to maintain a decent image. (This includes like 99% of the politicians)
Two is generally well meaning people who just aren’t that politically savvy, and they hear scary stories about the “far right” and “radical left” so they figure “somewhere in the middle” must be the sweet spot.
I don’t think leftist like guns, but otherwise makes sense.
Depends on what kind of leftist.
I don’t think most like USA style gun culture, nor are they against regulated gun ownership.
In most cases they become more anti-gun in post-revolutionary society but are more pro-gun when faced with the threat of living under fascist rule or wanting to one day organize a revolution.
So: when in danger, we need deadly force. When not in danger, we don’t.
Crazy.
Prominent leftist ideology and writers don’t glorify gun ownership or turn them into identity pieces, but they absolutely do see their value for attaining and protecting rights. A lot more leftists own guns than people realize, they just don’t advertise it to threaten and intimidate like fascists do. Many of our rights and freedoms only came about because people were willing to actually fight for them. This is a famous Marx quote: Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary.
There’s no putting the cat back in the bag, so we may as well regulate their access and provide education and training for their use before they can be owned, as well as how to effectively avoid their use in the case of defense, and mitigate the damage in the aftermath of their use.
Many of our rights and freedoms only came about because people were willing to actually fight for them.
Just “many?” Try to name one that didn’t!
I don’t need to, as we aren’t disagreeing. Same spirit, difference in phrasing. Everything is good, no need to infight
The right to have a popup on every website asking if you’d like to accept or decline cookies. 😂 (j/k)
People forget that not everyone on Lemmy are from the States, because where I am from leftists are usually really anti-gun.
Rule number (i forgot which number) of the internet is that everyone is a white, american, male until proven otherwise.
In the states it also varies a lot. You have groups like the the socialist rifle association, but lots of american leftists are also anti-gun, there’s a range of views on the subject.
I would guess its the majority of american leftists that are anti-gun, but I could certainly be mistaken
I’m an American leftist who isn’t overly fond of guns, but the way I see it, our choices are:
- The fascists are the only ones with guns
- The fascists aren’t the only ones with guns
Outside of the US there are also differing opinions. I support guns for self defense. I don’t like guns, but who am I to tell marginalized people to stay unarmed as the state tramples over them.
The middle should say circlejerking losers cuz they all love feeding into the echo chamber and at the end of the day nobody wins because none of them are willing to entertain the idea that they might be wrong so the red/blue system wins by pitting them against each other.
Leftists aren’t in the red blue system
