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USA leftists in favor of voting for Biden: What other direct action should we do? (lemm.ee)

submitted 4 months ago by anarchost@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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A few things that are accessible within the USA include:

Participating in mutual aid programs
Campaigning on the local level, including for positions like poll watchers
Making your voice heard in community events in general
Joining your local DSA, networking

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[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

The only people who use the term “leftist” are conservatives

It was the as a pejorative part that was significant to me, not use of the term itself. If someone is calling me a leftist with a sneer - that person is a conservative.

Because the only Americans who call people “leftist” are using it in a pejorative sense.

No offense taken, but I did wonder because of your seeming assumption that it would be pejorative. (Also please note I'm not OP)

because it doesn’t actually define anything in American politics. There is no “leftist” party and there are no “leftist” political groups.

I disagree that those two things are requirements for leftist to have a meaning. I'm also quite sure we have many leftist political groups, even if they have little political power.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The term is only used in a pejorative sense because the only people who use it are conservatives who use it as an insult.

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

I'm a unicorn I guess.