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> You people call you 'liberal as a slur' in real life out in the world? I see it online... everyday? Especially if I go back to the places I used to enjoy but

by ajkjk 11mo ago

> You people call you 'liberal as a slur' in real life out in the world? I see it online... everyday? Especially if I go back to the places I used to enjoy but have had to learn to avoid. And yes, anytime I interact with friends' parents, people in my hometown, etc, it's pretty ubiquitously used as a slur. Occasionally ironically since we're a few years past peak mind-virus (I'd like to think), but, yes, all the time. I think they were listing two unassociated examples of the "people getting radical and weird" phenomenon in that list, not pairing them. I took "manufactured consent" as referring to the Trumpish "mainstream media is all lies" stance. Seems like you invented the israel connection out of thin air. Maybe you know something about the author, but, it wasn't in the article.

lkey 11mo ago
Late to noticing this reply, sorry! Liberal/lib as a slur from a conservative means 'to the left of me' and yes, it's quite common. Liberal as a slur from a leftist means something quite different. Prior to Trump, it would usually refer to 'third way' corporate neolibs like Clinton. Now, it our current age, capitulation or cynical triangulation on corporate interests, Gaza, trans people, or the suffering of immigrants will earn you the slur from what I've seen. The Harris campaign did all 4, for example. The reason I brought up Israel was the lengths the essay went to not say the issue at all. Of those four, only the genocide will get you fully burned in left leaning circles if you are caught 'both-sides'ing it. (Contrapoints is a notable public example of this). I'm assuming the author is savvy enough to know that too, given her stated history.