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 l

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.