In america, liberal means “more left wing” and conservative means “more right wing”. You can talk about how far left or right people are but please can we avoid another pedantic circular talk about how Americans use the labels incorrectly?
No, I won’t start saying wrong things so that people who are wrong don’t get confused. Saying liberal means “more left wing” implies liberalism is a leftist ideology, which it is not and is a dangerous misconception.
Conservatives are liberals. Both US parties are liberal. The opposite of conservative isn’t liberal, it’s progressive.
The tweet does not imply that at all.
In america, liberal means “more left wing” and conservative means “more right wing”. You can talk about how far left or right people are but please can we avoid another pedantic circular talk about how Americans use the labels incorrectly?
No, I won’t start saying wrong things so that people who are wrong don’t get confused. Saying liberal means “more left wing” implies liberalism is a leftist ideology, which it is not and is a dangerous misconception.
You’re pretending you don’t know the context. You went out of your way to be all “akshually” about it and it’s insufferable
Yeah I’ll be the guy that says right wing politicians aren’t leftist akshually. Guess that’s insufferable to some people.
Are you also going around correcting everyone who says “potato chip” when you think they mean “crisp”?
No but I’ll correct someone if they’re about to order shrimp fried rice at a McDonald’s.
🙄 totally not a bullshit analogy