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I think this is another case of defintions breaking down. There are no left-wing dominated cities in the US. There are liberal dominated cities, and liberals t
by Kye 5y ago
I think this is another case of defintions breaking down.
There are no left-wing dominated cities in the US. There are liberal dominated cities, and liberals tend to support the same things as "conservatives" (big scare quotes), with the difference being target (sometimes). Painting Black Lives Matter on one street when no one asked for it while still supporting policies BLM is against does not make one leftist.
Plenty of checkmarked liberals have called for my extermination because I'm in a "red" state because they think everyone here is a moustache-twirling villain (right up until cable news decreed it was "purple" and thus virtuous). Meanwhile, the self-identifying conservative editor of the local paper supports a lot of policies that would be seen as leftist: BLM, trans rights, marriage equality. Liberals were firmly against these things until popular sentiment started to shift.
- lliamander 5y ago> There are no left-wing dominated cities in the US. That they are not as left-wing as you does not mean they are not left-wing. Whatever they are, these cities are certainly not dominated by right-wing politics. > There are liberal dominated cities, and liberals tend to support the same things as "conservatives" (big scare quotes), with the difference being target (sometimes) What is a "liberal" in this context? > Painting Black Lives Matter on one street when no one asked for it while still supporting policies BLM is against does not make one leftist. One can be a hypocrite and a leftist at the same time. > Meanwhile, the self-identifying conservative editor of the local paper supports a lot of policies that would be seen as leftist: BLM, trans rights, marriage equality. Liberals were firmly against these things until popular sentiment started to shift. What makes this individual a conservative?