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> It was a branding fuckup more than a policy fuckup. And frankly, the folks who turned "liberal" into a dirty word can make any branding into a branding fucku
by ceejayoz 1y ago
> It was a branding fuckup more than a policy fuckup.
And frankly, the folks who turned "liberal" into a dirty word can make any branding into a branding fuckup. That's what they have Fox News for.
- soupbowl 1y agoModern liberals made "liberal" a bad word.
- actionfromafar 1y agoMaybe... but something doesn't sit right with that assertion. Anyone against concentration camps now gets the "liberal" slur thrown at them. Why is that?
- stouset 1y agoAs someone who grew up with a dad who listened to conservative talk radio, "liberal" has been used as an epithet for at least thirty years. I was genuinely stunned in high school when I met people who would willingly refer to themselves as liberals. You'll have to pardon me for rolling my eyes at the notion that modern liberals have somehow made the term a bad word given the general path of conservatism over the last several decades, not to mention the last eight years specifically.