• Rhaedas@fedia.io
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    14 hours ago

    Thanks for that on the label “liberal”. I grew up thinking of myself as a Gen-X liberal, and somewhere along the line missed it changing meaning. So for the longest time I’d hear it referred to negatively and by certain groups, and was so confused. I hate labels. I prefer to discuss ideas to understand the true meaning, and the online culture has slowly killed that form of communication.

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      13 hours ago

      Yeah, nuance isn’t allowed these days. It’s all buzzwords, kneejerk reactions, manufactured outrage, faux pas, social scripts, campism, conformity, purity tests, and dick-measuring contests. On both sides of the political spectrum.

      Pretty sure this was deliberate on the part of Russian cyber influence ops.