this post was submitted on 26 Apr 2024
560 points (82.8% liked)

Political Memes

5426 readers
1825 users here now

Welcome to politcal memes!

These are our rules:

Be civilJokes are okay, but don’t intentionally harass or disturb any member of our community. Sexism, racism and bigotry are not allowed. Good faith argumentation only. No posts discouraging people to vote or shaming people for voting.

No misinformationDon’t post any intentional misinformation. When asked by mods, provide sources for any claims you make.

Posts should be memesRandom pictures do not qualify as memes. Relevance to politics is required.

No bots, spam or self-promotionFollow instance rules, ask for your bot to be allowed on this community.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

It looks a lot like you're trying to alienate other leftists from your position, rather than actually make any reasonable arguments for your own beliefs.

Don't you ever feel like you're betraying your own beliefs when you go for over simplified attacks.

Like using "liberal" as an insult... I mean, it suggests your preferred ideology would be a kind of fascism or authoritarianism. Something without social liberalism.

I mean, you're obviously frustrated and a believer that any serious discussion would be futile... So why not just walk away rather than damaging your own political position?

Haven't you learned how to argue your positions using someone else's values?

Just seems like you're the biggest liberal, like you're doing a big show of the freedoms of political discourse, showing how you're free to be rude. Showing you're openly avoiding constructive discussion, and not realising that's still discussion.

It's a very liberal thing to do.

...and I'm not sure of the purpose but it doesn't seem to be bolstering any other political position. Just seems to reproduce a culture in which the far left are under represented and seen as unreasonable. One where it's seen as just and right to not have a popular Marxist party and to lock that particular rhetoric out.

Why so blatantly lean into the agenda that's so obviously what economic liberals prefer. Doesn't that just enforce the hegemonic false consciousness that works against you and your politics???

[–] [email protected] -3 points 6 months ago

It looks a lot like you’re trying to alienate other leftists

What leftists?

Like using “liberal” as an insult…

That's because it is an insult.

Something without social liberalism.

Yes, please.

and not realising that’s still discussion.

Good thing you told me, then.

Just seems to reproduce a culture in which the far left are under represented and seen as unreasonable.

There is such a thing as a "far left" now? Where'd you get that from? PragerU?