• boonhet@sopuli.xyz
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    21 days ago

    The problem is that the right in many countries have taken to using the American definition of liberal. In my country (Estonia), the word “liberast” (basically “libtard” except gay connotation, as pederast is just gay in common parlance here, doesn’t matter if the other party is a boy or a grown man) has been thrown around plenty and it’s NOT about economic policy, I can tell ya that.

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        21 days ago

        Oh that has little to do with tech bros, it’s the alt-right wave that started in the early-mid 2010s. I mean Facebook facilitated it quite a bit of course, but it was gonna happen regardless, it’s been sponsored by Russia among others.