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[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 64 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

Leftists don't have to hate leftists. We could learn to celebrate each other.

[–] RaoulDuke85@piefed.social 62 points 2 weeks ago

Fuck you, pal!

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

i don't hate leftists, it's the libs who hate me.

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That would make me deeply happy, and significantly increase our ability to accomplish any of the changes we'd like to see in the world

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[–] SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 weeks ago

All leftists are my comrades!

Except for those damn Trostskyists!

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I feel like purity testing has been less of a problem lately, due to the urgency of... pretty much everything.

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[–] Cat_Daddy@hexbear.net 36 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hates leftists

That shit sent me

[–] Cat_Daddy@hexbear.net 20 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Only note is Liberals should be labeled "thinks leftists and conservatives are the same thing"

[–] huf@hexbear.net 24 points 2 weeks ago

Liberals should be labelled "Thinks they're the leftists and that conservatives are needed for good bipartisanship"

[–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Liberals (vote blue not matter who dems) are the actual conservatives. The conservatives (republican party of today and its followers) are better labeled as reactionaries. Liberals are sitting on a further right shifting world and looking at it through horseshoe theory.

I'm using a definition of "conservative" to mean maintain the status quo. Which is literal in its definition and not really based in material actions of those that say they are "conservative". Tongue in cheek a bit i guess,

[–] pineapple@lemmy.ml 31 points 1 week ago (3 children)

As a leftist I do not like guns. I guess that is the lie.

[–] hamid@crazypeople.online 22 points 1 week ago (11 children)

To me leftists are revolutionary. I'm curious to know how you're going to be part of a revolution without an actual threat to power.

[–] Tigeroovy@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I’m a leftist who doesn’t much care for guns but I’ll use one if I fucking have to.

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[–] VAVHV@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There are reformist and pacifist leftists too (like democratic socialists, syndicalists, anarcho-pacifists), not that I agree with any of them completely.

Leftism at its simplest definition is just opposing social hierarchy (which right wing ideologies like capitalism, fascism, and monarchism promote) in favor of socialism (which can also include communism, anarchism, and syndicalism).

It's because leftism is so broad with differing methods that many leftists hate each other. If you narrow down the definition of leftist to only your own political beliefs, then there wouldn't be much leftists to hate.

[–] hamid@crazypeople.online 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Reformism is liberal, you won't be able to reform capitalists within the system they created and control.

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[–] starman2112@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered. Any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary.

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[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 30 points 2 weeks ago

I think we tell liberals and conservatives apart in the way that you'd tell two species in the same genus apart

Or honestly, two breeds of the same species these daysfree-palestine

[–] gustofwind@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Conservatives and liberals should be one circle called liberals with a smaller circle inside called “conservatives: the most hated liberals”

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 38 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Conservatives and liberals should be one circle called liberals with a smaller circle inside called “conservatives: the most hated liberals”

*gestures at “Leftists don’t bother telling conservatives and liberals apart.”*

You’re just proving the chart accurate.

[–] orc_princess@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

They're right when it comes to politicians though. They both cater to billionaires and corporations, they both support bombing random ass countries, they both support sanctioning Cuba, etc. Not shaming anyone who votes for liberals, because they're less bad domestically, but even then they're constantly moving right, now throwing trans people under the bus and such.

In terms of ideology, both believe in capitalism and US hegemony first and foremost.

I'd argue liberal voters are more likely to be decent people, but their politicians aren't very different, and that's normally what we think when we talk about just how similar they are. Hell, even among liberal voters I find their support for the US military appalling.

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[–] Mangoholic@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 weeks ago (13 children)

I like leftists in general, even moderat ones are miles better than roghtwing morons. likes guns is the lie tho. Leftists might need guns to fight against nazis but its a necessity not enjoyment.

[–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Some of us like guns. SRA members are very friendly and whether you want a place to learn the basics without MAGA hats around or you actually end up enjoying improving your skill we are here for you. Enjoying firearms is pretty fucking nerdy. The conservative firearms dudes are more interested in getting drunk and complaining about their wives while holding something that makes them feel safe. At least initially. Some of them end up enjoying it for the same reasons leftist do. Because they're nerds. You listen to two people talk about firearms for 5 minutes and anime nerds will sound normal by comparison. I think leftist nerds could really bring some conservative gun nerds left if there were more of us.

TDLR: there are those that are firearms nerds and there are those that like owning a gun because they are afraid of going outside. Both exist on the left and right. But the former is almost exclusively right wing.

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[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] hamid@crazypeople.online 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why tell things apart that are the same thing?

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The meme suggest they are not, and to be fair they do have some differing points. But really only libs think it's some very important point to not lump conservatists with them for their support of capitalism, which is also the moment where socialists do usually lump them.

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[–] Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

So leftist hate leftist? And they love guns?

[–] ComradeRachel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think the joke is all the inner fighting between different leftist ideas and sects.

[–] Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Oh, you mean like the inner fighting between the right groups between different rightist ideas and sects?

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[–] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Seems accurate to me.

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