I’ve only ever heard Republicans refer to everyone on the left as liberals. I’ve literally never hear the word liberal except in online disinformation campaigns.
Genuinely asking: Have you ever had a serious, good-faith discussion with anyone left-of-liberal? There’s plenty of diversity (and disagreement) there, but any such person will frequently use the term “liberal” to mean something specific and well-defined (as opposed to the right who will use it as a substitute for idk anyone who isn’t enthusiastically bigoted)
Irl? Yes, I’ve spoken with plenty left wing people but it is a pretty wide range of personalities from what I’ve come to find. I’ve found the smartest people being some of the most deeply compassionate and empathetic people there is.
Nowadays when I hear liberal in real life it’s someone mocking the right wing
I’ve only ever heard Republicans refer to everyone on the left as liberals. I’ve literally never hear the word liberal except in online disinformation campaigns.
Genuinely asking: Have you ever had a serious, good-faith discussion with anyone left-of-liberal? There’s plenty of diversity (and disagreement) there, but any such person will frequently use the term “liberal” to mean something specific and well-defined (as opposed to the right who will use it as a substitute for idk anyone who isn’t enthusiastically bigoted)
Irl? Yes, I’ve spoken with plenty left wing people but it is a pretty wide range of personalities from what I’ve come to find. I’ve found the smartest people being some of the most deeply compassionate and empathetic people there is.
Nowadays when I hear liberal in real life it’s someone mocking the right wing