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Other people have already posted good answers so I just want to add a couple things.
If you want a very simple, concrete example: Healthcare. It depends on how you count, but more than half the world's countries have some sort of free or low cost public healthcare, whereas in the US, the richest country in the history of countries, that's presented as radical left wing kooky unrealistic communist Bernie idea. This isn't an example of a left-wing policy that we won't adopt, but of what in much of the world is a normal public service that we can't adopt because anti-socialism in this country is so malignant and metastasized that it can be weaponized against things that are just considered normal public services almost like roads in other countries.
A true left wing would support not just things like healthcare, but advocate for an economic system in which workers have control over their jobs, not the bosses. That is completely absent.
Also, this meme:
It's glib, but it's not wrong. Both parties routinely support American militarism abroad. Antimilitarism in favor of internationalism has been a corner stone for the left since the left began.
in my world, that's called same shit different pile.
also,while i am no right wing supporter, i constantly run into leftist who wouldn't hesitate to brand me a phobe of their convenience ,none of the right leaning people i interacted with does this... anecdotal i know.
Yeah, but no one lives in your world but you. In the real world, you're so hilariously off the mark.
i constantly run into leftist who wouldn't hesitate to brand me a phobe of their convenience ,none of the right leaning people i interacted with does this... anecdotal i know.
Maybe the leftist has a point because you actually align with the right? Crazy, I know, but I've seen this argument play out irl more than once with some rightoids that loved to pretend their politics weren't right aligned.
nah,you are in your own world, thankfully the rest of the world aren't caught up the the craziness spreading throughout America.
it was crazy they decided to abolish roe vs wade and allowed the right wing nutjobs to run amok with their anti abortion rubbish.
then we have the left wing nutjobs getting all nazi up at people for not believing a man can be a woman.
like I wrote earlier,same shit different pile and the left wing nutjobs seemed to think they are justified to behave like a nazi.
then we have the left wing nutjobs getting all nazi up at people for not believing a man can be a woman.
Rightoids cosplaying as leftists go brrrrrrr
hey, whatever floats your boat.
sometimes it's ok to disagree on things and be on our merry ways.
have a good day 😊
It is ok to disagree, but when you utilize the vocabulary of those on the right, I'm not going to ignore it. Especially when the vocabulary you use is demeaning to human just trying to be themselves.
When you talk about shit being 'woke' and rant about trans people, I'm just going to assume you're a rightoid when you act like one.
You don't need to engage with fascists, they're not going to listen and they're sure as hell not going to learn.
I don't engage with fascists with any hope of changing their broken minds, but to help prevent others from thinking their stupid ideas have any merit.
A true hero to the people.
"I constantly complain about anyone left of Thatcher and have reactionary social views, the people who agree with me don't criticise me. Curious!"
that's a strange observation,given i actually criticise both left and right rather than just the left.
Uh huh, of course.
So it's pronouns right? that's what's got you worked up?
nah,i don't care what's between their legs or the lack of.
i just don't want some woke idiot telling me how to use the english language or what i think is right.
then again,they don't seem to understand not everyone buys into their crazy ass beliefs,just like the crazy right wing Christian nutjobs.
You just confirmed its pronouns.
i just confirmed i don't care about pronouns unless you want to make it so.
Clearly.
so we have a consensus.
i bid you good day😊