Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months agoPelosi dismisses "mystifying" GOP branding of Walz as "radical left"www.axios.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkPelosi dismisses "mystifying" GOP branding of Walz as "radical left"www.axios.comRapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareGreenBottles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months ago“Radical Left” is the most worn out and stupid insult the right uses. It means nothing when you use it for everything.
minus-squareRapidcreek@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoAh, but one could make an argument that the left does the same thing with the use of the word progressive,
minus-squarezipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoProgressive is general, radical left is specific. Anything progressive is progressive, not everything left is radical
minus-squareEtterra@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoFor them it’s shorthand for “left of Hitler” at this point.
“Radical Left” is the most worn out and stupid insult the right uses. It means nothing when you use it for everything.
Ah, but one could make an argument that the left does the same thing with the use of the word progressive,
Progressive is general, radical left is specific. Anything progressive is progressive, not everything left is radical
For them it’s shorthand for “left of Hitler” at this point.