this post was submitted on 24 Nov 2023
467 points (96.6% liked)

politics

19089 readers
5305 users here now

Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!

Rules:

  1. Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.

Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.

Example:

  1. Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
  2. Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
  3. No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
  4. Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
  5. No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.

That's all the rules!

Civic Links

Register To Vote

Citizenship Resource Center

Congressional Awards Program

Federal Government Agencies

Library of Congress Legislative Resources

The White House

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Senate

Partnered Communities:

News

World News

Business News

Political Discussion

Ask Politics

Military News

Global Politics

Moderate Politics

Progressive Politics

UK Politics

Canadian Politics

Australian Politics

New Zealand Politics

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 35 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Hot take:

This is the problem with the public not knowing what liberal means, or having some nebulous understanding that basically means "Democrat"

[–] Orbituary@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It comes also from the word's meaning shifting over time. I stopped calling myself liberal and started calling myself leftist. It slaps harder and lets people know where I stand.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe -3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Oh, so you think capitalism should be abolished?

[–] StoneGender@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm talking to the liberal seeking minority status, bro

[–] StoneGender@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 11 months ago

Hey I just think capitalism should be destroyed

[–] Orbituary@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Did I say that? I think we should change our system to be more equitable.

I find that people who ask that question don't want to discuss alternatives in a constructive way.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 0 points 11 months ago

So you're a typical liberal who both doesn't like being called liberal, because the mean old Republicans keep using it as an insult, and doesn't know what the terms mean, having mostly arrived at your the political beliefs by being born in a liberal society and going with the flow.

A leftist is a socialist. Even under American terminology. You are a lefty under American standards, but that's just not the same thing.