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You're own post history is a pretty clear example of liberals hating leftists more than fascists
They don't even seem to be liberal, they've made posts criticising the dems for exactly the same reasons other leftists are.
It just seems like a leftist arguing with leftier leftists because the right wing doesn't appear to have any major presence on lemmy
You're mostly correct. PugJesus has stated that they are a leftist, but reject Dialectical Materialism, so they aren't a Marxist. Claims to adore Marx but seems to decry every single movement to put his ideas into practice, no matter the circumstance.
PugJesus has denounced pretty much every existing Leftist movement, such as the Black Panther Party, along Ultra-pure terms, but only treats liberalism with nuanced critique, so it's difficult to believe them to be a genuine leftist and not just a progressive liberal.
You know, generally speaking: a person being consistently and demonstrably anti-leftist just means they are anti-leftist. Until there's evidence to the contrary further analysis is a waste of time and energy.
Yep, I agree, just wanted to point out that they identify as a Leftist, even if they don't practice it.
Yeah fair enough. In layman's terms, I would say they were a leftist. Maybe not as educated as they should be, but the heart seems to be in the right place.
I totally get why they don't fit a more strict definition than mine though.
Thank you for the more in-depth research and information too
All that
OR
Horseshoe theory.
Horseshoe theory is a thought terminating cliche.
There are basically no right wingers on Lemmy.
Liberals are right wingers. There are basically no republicans on Lemmy though.
You know what I mean.
My point is, complaining about conservatives or fascists on Lemmy is 100% preaching to the crowd.
Sure, I also think left-punching on a mostly Liberal instance like Lemmy.world is also mostly preaching to the crowd.
One liberal so far that didn't like a member of an internet community not playing America's dumb "liberals are our left wing!!!" game.
This is Lemmy.world, on a PugJesus thread no less. Of course there are going to be liberals thinking they are leftists.
"You are own post history..."
Sigh
Some people are not native speakers
Some people are dyslexic or have other difficulties with writing that they can't help
Sometimes people just make mistakes, like you did two comments before this one where you wrote "its" instead of "it's"
You're not better and this isn't helpful or kind
I am better. Its/it's is the only one that flips the norm and is therefore wrong too.
Great response thank you for the insight