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I would really rather that these were actual examples, and not conspiracy theories. We all have our own unsubstantiated ideas about what shadowy no-gooders are doing, but I'd rather hear about things that are actually happening.

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[–] IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

The conservatives are only liberal in the economic sense. They are the party of book banning, anti-abortion and anti-lgbtq. Liberalism is also about human rights and freedoms. But just because you think gays should be allowed to marry and acces to have an abortion should be a right that doesn’t put you left on the political spectrum or even make you a progressive. Since that is pretty much a centrist political position in the rest of the world. Most Democrats are liberal in the economic sense but also in the human liberty sense. But only a few Democrats in the house and senate can be truly called progressives. Since most Democrats are fine with the status quo and aren’t pushing society forward. They are just fighting of the attacks of the GOP

[–] Piers@beehaw.org 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This sort of confusion is why I think we need to always define economic and social political positions separately rather than lump them together.

[–] leftzero@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You'd need more than two parties for that.

[–] bermuda@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago
[–] squiblet@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago

Right, I agree. The progressive side of the US is not fairly represented by Democrats nationally.