• orrk@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    yes, a Liberal

    America has some stupid redefinition of these words, people like Thatcher, Regan, Clinton, Boris Johnson, etc… are all Liberals

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      1 year ago

      this is just called pendantry. I’ve heard this a million times, but it doesn’t change a damned thing about how millions of people use the word. at that point it’s an alternate definition.

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        1 year ago

        and how millions of people use the word doesn’t change how billions use the word, because this is literally an America vs. rest of the word thing

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            1 year ago

            I wasn’t the one being confused/upset about people using the word “Liberal” correctly, Omega_Haxors used it very much correctly, and you got upset the rest of the world doesn’t use American definitions.

            now you are unironically getting upset at me for “pretending I don’t know what Americans mean”, How entitled do you have to be, to be upset the rest of the world isn’t using your definition?