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by JumpCrisscross 500 days ago
> Just in USA Liberals are considered leftist

Well, for a period of time liberals were the left. In the last decade or so the illiberal left has come up in opposition to the illiberal right, the latter matching the former’s hypocrisy in false promises of equality (while driving division) with false promises of freedom (while expanding the rulebook).
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keybored 500 days ago
That’s just Culture War terms. And identification according to others (illiberal this or that) is often agenda-driven.

Self-identification is confused enough but identifying others is even more muddled.

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JumpCrisscross 500 days ago
> Culture War terms

Sure. The Culture War’s belligerents are all, generally speaking, illiberal. And notably, most people steeped in it reject the term. Even those on the left.

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keybored 499 days ago
So what are they supposed to do then. The right makes a mountain out of a molehill. That happens to target some group, like a minority. Those on the left who reject the Culture War argue against it since they think the right’s focus will hurt the minority. They argue that the right is making a mountain out of a molehill. And yet they are now participating, begrudgingly.

What are they supposed to do.

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