Do any of them know what the word “liberal” actually means?

  • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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    6 months ago

    pretending like it’s the only use comes off as both ill-informed and condescending.

    That works both ways. Pretending the European usage of the word is the only use comes off just as ill-informed and condescending.

    • archomrade [he/him]
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      6 months ago

      The people who are using liberal derisively are playing off the american liberal self-identity. They’re acknowledging both definitions in the jab.