• Croquette@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    When I was a teenager that started follow the politics of the US, I was extremely confused about the Republicans calling the left liberals, because our liberals were center-right.

    It took me a few years to stumble upon the Overton window (without using that name at that time).

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      2 months ago

      It’s only loosely connected with the Overton window, they just don’t know what the actual word means so it means “Democrat” to them.