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What’s the point of comments like this? Words mean different things in different languages, and as you seem to be aware, “liberal” in the US has evolved to just
by School-Cotton 3y ago
What’s the point of comments like this? Words mean different things in different languages, and as you seem to be aware, “liberal” in the US has evolved to just mean left-of-center, and not what it means in your country.
Plenty of words in plenty of languages have meanings that are not justifiable by etymology; it’s not unusual at all.
Btw, “socialist” in many European countries is also used in a way quite different from its traditional meaning. The French “socialist” party would have been unrecognizable to traditional socialists like Marx.
- skrebbel 3y agoThere’s not really a point. It’s just weird to me seeing people deeply illiberal things call themselves “liberals” even though I know that it’s because the word “liberal” has a meaning in the US that has very little to do with classical liberalism and that’s just how it goes sometimes.
- gosub100 3y agothe point of comments like that is to showcase the hypocrisy of a group that previously was about open, diverse thought but has now become incredibly narrow-minded.