Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 4 months agoPelosi dismisses "mystifying" GOP branding of Walz as "radical left"www.axios.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1125arrow-down13
arrow-up1122arrow-down1external-linkPelosi dismisses "mystifying" GOP branding of Walz as "radical left"www.axios.comRapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareGreenBottles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·3 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-squareEtterra@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·3 months agoFor them it’s shorthand for “left of Hitler” at this point.
minus-squareRapidcreek@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down10·3 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-up7·3 months agoProgressive is general, radical left is specific. Anything progressive is progressive, not everything left is radical
“Radical Left” is the most worn out and stupid insult the right uses. It means nothing when you use it for everything.
For them it’s shorthand for “left of Hitler” at this point.
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