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Does one have to be an iconoclast or revolutionary these days to be validly left? I consider myself to be left of center, and very much in favor of progressive policies. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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However I find myself being disagreed with quite often, mostly for not advocating or cheering violence, "by any means possible" change, or revolutionary tactics. It would seem that I'm not viewed as authentically holding my view unless I advocate extreme, violent, or radical action to accomplish it.

Those seem like two different things to me.

Edit: TO COMMUNISTS, ANARCHISTS, OR ANYONE ELSE CALLING FOR THE OVERTHROW OF SOCIETY

THIS OBVIOUSLY ISN'T MEANT FOR YOU.

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[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Definitely not less ableist tho..

[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone -2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Not a liberal.

[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Okay but you are ableist though, which reads as pretty liberal. Unless you are somehow a monarchist or fascist on lemmy? Which is funny for other reasons.

[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Okay but you are ableist though

Yeah, I’ve been trying to get better.

which reads as pretty liberal

Uhhh what?

Unless you are somehow a monarchist or fascist on lemmy?

My country is an actual monarchy. Almost everyone is a monarchist. Not me, but it’s not directly correlated with ableism, other than people in general being garbage.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

other than people in general being garbage.

The idea that most people are fundamentally broken and worthless is probably correlated with ableism.

[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago

I mean, there are more things at play here than are obvious in my comment, but you are right that it’s not a great attitude to have.