TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · edit-23 months agoAmerican "left" and "liberal" can't decide if they're in the same nutshell.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square230fedilinkarrow-up1525arrow-down128
arrow-up1497arrow-down1imageAmerican "left" and "liberal" can't decide if they're in the same nutshell.lemmy.worldTankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · edit-23 months agomessage-square230fedilink
minus-squareRaivoKulli@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down3·3 months agoAmericans 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-down3·3 months agoIt was kinda done intentionally to muddy the terms to prevent people from thinking of alternatives to the status quo.
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down5·3 months agoThat’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.