▲ 397 ▼ Enlightened Centrism (thelemmy.club) submitted 1 day ago by Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 94 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/52272272
[–] bitteroldcoot@piefed.social 37 points 1 day ago (5 children) Let's at least be honest about this. Democrat like schumer and jeffries aren't liberal. They are just paid corporate lackeys. permalink fedilink source hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 1 day ago (3 children) “Liberal” is a useless term because it means something else to everyone. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] LazyOldPervert@lemmus.org 2 points 6 hours ago (1 child) I meaning the same is true for leftist tho permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 5 hours ago (1 child) Not to the same degree. In Europe, liberals are exactly people like the Dem leadership: free market true believers. People that explicitly reject “the social question”. They consider themselves right wing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LazyOldPervert@lemmus.org 0 points 5 hours ago* (1 child) I mean sure.. but the country dealing with the most widespread and rapid rise of fascism due to the complicity of liberals at the moment is the US. Simultaneously most western european countries while dealing with the same issue to a lesser extent are reigning in a lot of the mechanisms that allowed fascism to take hold. In light of the above it's likely and logical that OP is aimed at the US, which is obviously not in europe. And in the US liberals and leftists are synonymous. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 4 hours ago the country dealing with the most widespread and rapid rise of fascism due to the complicity of liberals at the moment is the US. Debatable but ok. are reigning in a lot of the mechanisms that allowed fascism to take hold. 🤡 And in the US liberals and leftists are synonymous. 🤡🤡🤡 permalink fedilink source parent [–] heartSagan5@lemmy.zip 1 point 19 hours ago (1 child) It should be par with liberty and they're more aligned with workers, whereas the conservatives are sichophants and lackeys. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 19 hours ago It ”should”? According to whom? In about half the world it means the opposite. permalink fedilink source parent [–] daychilde@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago Liberal Why are you talking about watermelon production legislation policies???? /sillyjoke permalink fedilink source parent [–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 25 points 1 day ago (2 children) And what do you think liberals are? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] bitteroldcoot@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago (2 children) extinct. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 7 points 1 day ago Since when? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Malica@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago 🤣 permalink fedilink source parent [+] daychilde@lemmy.world 1 point 1 day ago* (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 1 point 22 hours ago (1 child) The whole point Whose? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] daychilde@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago Here's a tip: When you see "deleted by creator", it means someone changed their mind. In this case, I realized I had conflated your response with another response - you had not replied to someone else I'd misread initially that you had. So now you wasted your time and mine. :P permalink fedilink source parent [–] fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 2 points 19 hours ago They're also not Nazis. That's where my bar is now. permalink fedilink source parent [–] wpb@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago Sounds pretty liberal to me. Liberal means pro capitalism right? permalink fedilink source parent [–] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@anarchist.nexus -3 points 1 day ago What's in a name? that which we call a By any other name would smell as shit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 1 day ago (3 children) “Liberal” is a useless term because it means something else to everyone. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] LazyOldPervert@lemmus.org 2 points 6 hours ago (1 child) I meaning the same is true for leftist tho permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 5 hours ago (1 child) Not to the same degree. In Europe, liberals are exactly people like the Dem leadership: free market true believers. People that explicitly reject “the social question”. They consider themselves right wing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LazyOldPervert@lemmus.org 0 points 5 hours ago* (1 child) I mean sure.. but the country dealing with the most widespread and rapid rise of fascism due to the complicity of liberals at the moment is the US. Simultaneously most western european countries while dealing with the same issue to a lesser extent are reigning in a lot of the mechanisms that allowed fascism to take hold. In light of the above it's likely and logical that OP is aimed at the US, which is obviously not in europe. And in the US liberals and leftists are synonymous. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 4 hours ago the country dealing with the most widespread and rapid rise of fascism due to the complicity of liberals at the moment is the US. Debatable but ok. are reigning in a lot of the mechanisms that allowed fascism to take hold. 🤡 And in the US liberals and leftists are synonymous. 🤡🤡🤡 permalink fedilink source parent [–] heartSagan5@lemmy.zip 1 point 19 hours ago (1 child) It should be par with liberty and they're more aligned with workers, whereas the conservatives are sichophants and lackeys. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 19 hours ago It ”should”? According to whom? In about half the world it means the opposite. permalink fedilink source parent [–] daychilde@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago Liberal Why are you talking about watermelon production legislation policies???? /sillyjoke permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LazyOldPervert@lemmus.org 2 points 6 hours ago (1 child) I meaning the same is true for leftist tho permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 5 hours ago (1 child) Not to the same degree. In Europe, liberals are exactly people like the Dem leadership: free market true believers. People that explicitly reject “the social question”. They consider themselves right wing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LazyOldPervert@lemmus.org 0 points 5 hours ago* (1 child) I mean sure.. but the country dealing with the most widespread and rapid rise of fascism due to the complicity of liberals at the moment is the US. Simultaneously most western european countries while dealing with the same issue to a lesser extent are reigning in a lot of the mechanisms that allowed fascism to take hold. In light of the above it's likely and logical that OP is aimed at the US, which is obviously not in europe. And in the US liberals and leftists are synonymous. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 4 hours ago the country dealing with the most widespread and rapid rise of fascism due to the complicity of liberals at the moment is the US. Debatable but ok. are reigning in a lot of the mechanisms that allowed fascism to take hold. 🤡 And in the US liberals and leftists are synonymous. 🤡🤡🤡 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 5 hours ago (1 child) Not to the same degree. In Europe, liberals are exactly people like the Dem leadership: free market true believers. People that explicitly reject “the social question”. They consider themselves right wing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LazyOldPervert@lemmus.org 0 points 5 hours ago* (1 child) I mean sure.. but the country dealing with the most widespread and rapid rise of fascism due to the complicity of liberals at the moment is the US. Simultaneously most western european countries while dealing with the same issue to a lesser extent are reigning in a lot of the mechanisms that allowed fascism to take hold. In light of the above it's likely and logical that OP is aimed at the US, which is obviously not in europe. And in the US liberals and leftists are synonymous. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 4 hours ago the country dealing with the most widespread and rapid rise of fascism due to the complicity of liberals at the moment is the US. Debatable but ok. are reigning in a lot of the mechanisms that allowed fascism to take hold. 🤡 And in the US liberals and leftists are synonymous. 🤡🤡🤡 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LazyOldPervert@lemmus.org 0 points 5 hours ago* (1 child) I mean sure.. but the country dealing with the most widespread and rapid rise of fascism due to the complicity of liberals at the moment is the US. Simultaneously most western european countries while dealing with the same issue to a lesser extent are reigning in a lot of the mechanisms that allowed fascism to take hold. In light of the above it's likely and logical that OP is aimed at the US, which is obviously not in europe. And in the US liberals and leftists are synonymous. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 4 hours ago the country dealing with the most widespread and rapid rise of fascism due to the complicity of liberals at the moment is the US. Debatable but ok. are reigning in a lot of the mechanisms that allowed fascism to take hold. 🤡 And in the US liberals and leftists are synonymous. 🤡🤡🤡 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 4 hours ago the country dealing with the most widespread and rapid rise of fascism due to the complicity of liberals at the moment is the US. Debatable but ok. are reigning in a lot of the mechanisms that allowed fascism to take hold. 🤡 And in the US liberals and leftists are synonymous. 🤡🤡🤡 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] heartSagan5@lemmy.zip 1 point 19 hours ago (1 child) It should be par with liberty and they're more aligned with workers, whereas the conservatives are sichophants and lackeys. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 19 hours ago It ”should”? According to whom? In about half the world it means the opposite. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 19 hours ago It ”should”? According to whom? In about half the world it means the opposite. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago Liberal Why are you talking about watermelon production legislation policies???? /sillyjoke permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 25 points 1 day ago (2 children) And what do you think liberals are? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] bitteroldcoot@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago (2 children) extinct. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 7 points 1 day ago Since when? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Malica@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago 🤣 permalink fedilink source parent [+] daychilde@lemmy.world 1 point 1 day ago* (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 1 point 22 hours ago (1 child) The whole point Whose? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] daychilde@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago Here's a tip: When you see "deleted by creator", it means someone changed their mind. In this case, I realized I had conflated your response with another response - you had not replied to someone else I'd misread initially that you had. So now you wasted your time and mine. :P permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bitteroldcoot@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago (2 children) extinct. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 7 points 1 day ago Since when? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Malica@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago 🤣 permalink fedilink source parent
[+] daychilde@lemmy.world 1 point 1 day ago* (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 1 point 22 hours ago (1 child) The whole point Whose? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] daychilde@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago Here's a tip: When you see "deleted by creator", it means someone changed their mind. In this case, I realized I had conflated your response with another response - you had not replied to someone else I'd misread initially that you had. So now you wasted your time and mine. :P permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 1 point 22 hours ago (1 child) The whole point Whose? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] daychilde@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago Here's a tip: When you see "deleted by creator", it means someone changed their mind. In this case, I realized I had conflated your response with another response - you had not replied to someone else I'd misread initially that you had. So now you wasted your time and mine. :P permalink fedilink source parent
[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago Here's a tip: When you see "deleted by creator", it means someone changed their mind. In this case, I realized I had conflated your response with another response - you had not replied to someone else I'd misread initially that you had. So now you wasted your time and mine. :P permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 2 points 19 hours ago They're also not Nazis. That's where my bar is now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wpb@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago Sounds pretty liberal to me. Liberal means pro capitalism right? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@anarchist.nexus -3 points 1 day ago What's in a name? that which we call a By any other name would smell as shit. permalink fedilink source parent