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Liberals are incapable of intelligent conversation with others, especially those of opposing viewpoints. They've been trained to desire and maintain the status quo (Capital), even in the face of creeping fascism, and will parrot insults at anyone who doesn't tow the line. 'Tankie' is just the newest term.
It's just western red scare paranoia with a millennial twist. I hadn't peeked at those communities before, but I'll make sure they're given a wide berth now.
Wow you're not using liberal the american way are you? What is your definition of the world liberal?
Edit: Downvoting me for asking a question is so reddit of you, feels like home <3
Sorry for the long comment, hope this clarification helps. If others disagree with my explanation, feel free to clarify or call out any wrong ideas. I'm a new Liberal convert so I'm still working through these details.
In essence, the "left" are socialists, the "right" are fascists (Glossing over some details here). Fascism is authoritarian capitalism, but Liberalism is capitalism that's not fascism. Liberalism is theoretically to the left of the political spectrum, but it's a compromise to the capitalists.
Our problem with Liberals is they seem completely incapable of having a real conversation about how the world works, and how to make change. As well, they demonize anyone that doesn't share their viewpoint.
For example: "Woke" is kind of a fake word now, it means whatever conservatives want it to mean, but it comes from a real place. Initially being woke meant that you see the injustices that are institutionalized in the world, and seek to better yourself after learning that information. This is a good thing and lead to more people understanding the contradictions of our wold. But Liberals kinda turned into "I'm better than you because I went 'woke'", "If you aren't woke, then leave my circle of friends", "Anything that isn't woke isn't worth talking about". This perpetuates the culture war that the conservatives are winning, because in the end, who wants to side with the assholes who push their own out at any sign of disobedience? The fascists are playing open arms to everyone the left excludes, perpetuating the growing movement of right authoritarianism.
I was a liberal for a long time, but always felt out of place because although the conservatives made up a lot of bullshit about liberals, they touched on some real things that also irritated me. Instead of moving to the right, I was educated and looked at the source of some of these things. That led me to find where the real problems of the world were, opened my eyes to those that were in charge, causing these problems in the first place. That lead me to socialism, communism, etc. and now I think I'm more on the 'left' than I have ever been.
Got it, didn't know that yet. Usually in english-speaking political debate, liberals just means "not racist gun-nuts" lol
That's not really true. Self identified liberals in America don't really put much thought into it beyond what you stated. Everyone starts somewhere and that's fine.
Once you start understanding political ideology, liberalism becomes less of a catch all than just "not-conservative".
Check out a great example of Phil Ochs lampooning the liberals of his time. This isn't a new definition.