• fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de
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    The more people vote for the left, the further left their position will become. It’s a well established component of political theory called the Overton window.

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      The more people vote for the left,

      LOL!

      What left?

      Where is this “left” that you assume exists within the US’s formal political establishment?

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        For fuck sake that was literally the point of their comment you fool. At least look up what the Overton Window is before coming in this hot because you look like an idiot.

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          Oh look… another liberal has shown up to loudly display their political incompetence and expecting to be rewarded for it.

          Yawn.

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            I’m not a liberal. Learn what words mean. You’re confidently arguing about things you are clearly ignorant of

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              I’m not a liberal.

              Good thing you told me - otherwise I might have been fooled by your liberal blathering, eh?

              Read real careful-like, (supposed) “non-liberal” - you cannot - I repeat cannot - move the Overton window left by voting for right-wingers.

              That shouldn’t be too hard for a “non-liberal” to understand, should it?

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                You’re brain has been so broken by the bullshit “liberal/conservative” dichotomy fed to you by cable news that you don’t even know what words mean.

                Liberals are center right conservatives. Calling a progressive a liberal is an insult.

                I seriously implore you to try to inform yourself as to what these words mean. Calling someone who is borderline socialist a “liberal” immediately betrays your ignorance about politics.

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                  You’re brain has been so broken

                  Really? I’m not the one here pretending that calling yourself “progressive” actually makes you a leftist, lib.

                  That’s you - not me.

                  Calling a progressive a liberal is an insult.

                  Good… I’d hate to know that my insults missed.

                  Calling someone who is borderline socialist

                  “Borderline socialist” isn’t socialist, genius - it still means your politics are thoroughly ensconced in the reformist category. And like all people who ascribe to reformist politics, you will enthusiastically join with reactionaries as soon as the radicals start threatening your precious status quo. It’s the only thing one can expect from liberals, after all - even the ones pretending to be edgier than the run-of-the-mill types.