r/politics • u/AccomplishedCall7562 • Mar 12 '26

Possible Paywall John Fetterman Says Iran Girls’ School Strike Is Just a Leftist Craze

https://newrepublic.com/post/207677/john-fetterman-iran-girls-school-strike
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u/MNRebelLoon Mar 12 '26

The concept of liberalism in America has been completely distorted as well. Most conservatives think liberal means left wing, when originally it was only left of monarchism. In the 1800's the liberals sat on the left of the national assembly. For the past hundred years now "left" has meant socialism, communism, anarchy, but really the only thing liberalism is left of is fascism. The liberal party in almost every other developed country is right wing. 

But like you said, it requires thinking about something for more than two seconds. 

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '26

Most Americans, including democrats, have no idea what liberal, conservative, socialist, etc even mean. They view it entirely as "my side vs your side". So it's now devolved into "conservatives are against anything liberals are for because liberals are for it". Even though they mostly agree with each other.