• marcos@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    so when people think “liberal” they think “left”

    Ouch.

    I guess both have crazy US-only meanings, because well, “liberal” is the core of the right-wing idea.

    • rand_alpha19@moist.catsweat.com
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      4 months ago

      Yes, that’s exactly what I mean. It’s nuts that a word means something totally different in one specific area of the world because it’s politically convenient to ignore what it actually means.