US Politics on Sidechat | I’m pretty new to US politics and learning new terms. I’m just wondering why liberal would equate to democrat and/or leftist. Or why people often do. Sorry if it’s a dumb question 😭

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I’m pretty new to US politics and learning new terms. I’m just wondering why liberal would equate to democrat and/or leftist. Or why people often do. Sorry if it’s a dumb question 😭

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Anonymous 3w

They’re not all the same thing even tho republicans like to call them all libs for some reason

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Anonymous 3w

Leftists are largely the social democrats, socialists and communists. Liberals are believers in individual rights, free enterprise, civil liberties, and democracy. Liberals are more moderate, essentially.

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Anonymous 3w

Because we have an epidemic of using words for emphasis and then over time the word loses its original meaning

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Anonymous 3w

Liberals are republicans who want to be able to smoke weed

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Anonymous 3w

Semantics tbh not a big deal

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Anonymous

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Or I guess that’s more of a maga thing than the more normal republicans that exist

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