TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · edit-211 个月前American "left" and "liberal" can't decide if they're in the same nutshell.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square227fedilinkarrow-up1525arrow-down129
arrow-up1496arrow-down1imageAmerican "left" and "liberal" can't decide if they're in the same nutshell.lemmy.worldTankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · edit-211 个月前message-square227fedilink
minus-squareRaivoKulli@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down3·11 个月前Americans sometimes use the two words to mean the same thing. So in that context it’s not as confusing but when they’re speaking with non-Americans it can cause issues and clearer terminology would be nice
minus-squareTankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down3·11 个月前It was kinda done intentionally to muddy the terms to prevent people from thinking of alternatives to the status quo.
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down5·11 个月前That’s because the definition of the word means promoter of human rights, meaning anybody using it otherwise are the ones misusing the word.
Americans sometimes use the two words to mean the same thing. So in that context it’s not as confusing but when they’re speaking with non-Americans it can cause issues and clearer terminology would be nice
It was kinda done intentionally to muddy the terms to prevent people from thinking of alternatives to the status quo.
That’s because the definition of the word means promoter of human rights, meaning anybody using it otherwise are the ones misusing the word.