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[-] Sunshine@piefed.ca 2 points 6 days ago

Countries must recognise the non-binary marker.

[-] Doom@discuss.online 17 points 1 week ago

The term liberal has been so mutilated. The only other term equally as mutilated is socialist.

[-] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

What’s so annoying is that they have been mutilated by the left bickering about what actually counts a left and not the right.

[-] CobraCommander@quokk.au 9 points 6 days ago

I think it's more that the right has tried to force itself into the left and demand we accept them. People who want to keep capitalism but simply reform it so that there are stronger laws are still pushing right wing ideology.

[-] Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 days ago

Absolutely not. The level of derangement needed to make this statement is insane. For decades we've been watching corporate and right-wing media push the idea of liberalism as far to the left as they can for nefarious purposes. I don't know why you're pretending that didn't happen.

[-] starik@lemmy.today 12 points 1 week ago

The vast majority of people who support trans rights would self identify as liberals.

[-] dubs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 6 days ago

Eh, I dunno about that. They are until election season, then suddenly its "Blue No Matter Who, even if they don't support trans rights!"

[-] Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 days ago
[-] starik@lemmy.today 2 points 6 days ago

Your honor, I strenuously object.

[-] Sunshine@piefed.ca 3 points 6 days ago

Liberal politicians act like crooks under first-past-the-post.

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 week ago

True but I think this is more about liberal politicians. That addition would make it a bit more accurate.

[-] A_be_seedy@beehaw.org 5 points 6 days ago

Meh. Most of the "liberal" voters don't care enough to hold the politicians accountable for their transphobia in primaries.

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 1 points 6 days ago

True but I think that's more of an issue of not paying attention than that they actively want trans rights to be eroded. I have seen some people making the argument that trans rights should be abandoned for electability so it's an idea that's out there but not a mainstream idea among liberals I don't think.

[-] A_be_seedy@beehaw.org 1 points 6 days ago

Youre absolutely right, I've seen that too

[-] starik@lemmy.today 0 points 1 week ago

Apples to apples would be comparing elected liberal politicians to elected anarchist politicians, in which case Tiger would be standing there alone.

[-] CobraCommander@quokk.au 5 points 6 days ago

That’s because anarchist politician is an oxymoron.

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 1 points 6 days ago

Some anarchists have advocated for participation in electoralism. So even though we've rarely if ever seen this, I'm not sure I agree it would be totally oxymoronic. Praxis requires reckoning with the existing conditions. And existing conditions are that most changes in society are executed by politicians.

Now I'm kinda wondering what an anarchist politician would look like.

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