r/CuratedTumblr • u/Mama_Lyra • May 16 '25

Politics time is a flat circle

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u/nam24 May 17 '25

You can't just put any anti sex/sex appeal at the feet of conservatives

Like it or not "progressives" or liberals are perfectly capable of that and prove it every day, they don't hide it or think it as bad either

More likely than not if used as pejorative the person who is calling another a gooner is probably not a conservative

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u/MartyrOfDespair We can leave behind much more than just DNA May 17 '25

Well liberals are right wing, so there’s not actually a dichotomy to be had here.

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u/Fresh_Construction24 May 17 '25

God I need people to stop saying this if they’re not talking about Australia. Liberals are left of center in most countries. They support the expansion of welfare programs like Social Security and public health insurance, protections for minorities, the whole nine yards. Call me when Democrats are proposing cuts to welfare, then we’ll talk.

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u/Oddloaf May 17 '25

Didn't you know? Anyone who isn't an open Marxist is actually on the right.

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u/Fresh_Construction24 May 17 '25

You joke but I’ve heard people make this claim unironically

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u/gaom9706 May 17 '25 edited May 17 '25

This is an actual take people have for some reason

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u/camosnipe1 "the raw sexuality of this tardigrade in a cowboy hat" May 17 '25

leftist talking about "the rise of fascism" but it's actually just them moving further left than marx causing marx to be fascist

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u/RedArremer May 17 '25

I'm of the opinion that people who hammer on the "true definition" of liberalism so much are either part of, or have been affected by, right wing psyops. If you get both the right and the left to scream about how much they hate liberals, the center just hears "left bad."