Not if they don't want to. It's just something people can do if they align with Mamdani's ideas and wish to be identified with them. Liberal is an extremely broad term.
Now, if they're a people-pleaser, obviously they should do everything to suit others. Not just this.
That’s cool. I’m on board with nearly all socialist proposals.
Where it gets dicey is when elected officials and candidates on the national stage use the term. Socialism scares TF out of middle America. Trying to sell fearful people on an ideology they’ve been told is evil, is almost impossible.
Yeah, true. Unfortunately, for profit healthcare has been fought for vigorously by republicans for decades and is why we couldn’t get a public option in the ACA to compete with private, for-profit care.
I think we’re running out of labels to divide democrats into.
For most of my life, liberal, progressive, leftist and democrats have been pretty much the same thing. I get a new label from bros every month now it seems. Nobody asks questions, they just label and divide.
Not what we're talking about. We're talking about the people who are identifiably progressive by their actions, their votes. We're talking about people who use the term liberal to liberally, or who cling to it out of false attachment. It's just a label. One that has outgrown its usefulness for many.
No. It is to assert that voting for a socialist candidate is a progressive thing to do. It is unliberal, in that it is a step away from capitalism. This is good. People should reflect on why this candidate speaks to them. But if you're just here to put words in people's mouth and be #snark go off ig
I will like them as soon as they stop being a dick about it. Seriously these people who come right out in their profile and say f Maga but f Bernie & f people who criticize Dems. That's not even liberalism. That's blue authoritarian. The Pepsi of tyranny. And the gaslighting, reverse victim/offender
Fair. I would not hold my breath. I'm not saying I want to marry a liberal or that we should love the fact that someone believes in capitalism. I'm saying we have to look at the potential to move people over. I won't fight and bicker with liberals but I will shut down nonsense and slander.
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Now, if they're a people-pleaser, obviously they should do everything to suit others. Not just this.
Where it gets dicey is when elected officials and candidates on the national stage use the term. Socialism scares TF out of middle America. Trying to sell fearful people on an ideology they’ve been told is evil, is almost impossible.
1 healthcare
2 education
3 justice
Republicans are currently dismantling education.
Is the justice system for profit?
For most of my life, liberal, progressive, leftist and democrats have been pretty much the same thing. I get a new label from bros every month now it seems. Nobody asks questions, they just label and divide.
Republicans love this shit.
Irony is dead
That's antithetical to our beliefs. We will work with you to defeat fascism, but we're never going to like you.