• JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works
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    20 days ago

    I don’t get lib as an insult. Seems like pretty much everyone on Lemmy is on liberal side of center. I’ve seen some hexbear users use it to refer to anyone who isn’t as tankie as they are, but I don’t get it.

    • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip
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      20 days ago

      The US uses lib to mean socially liberal, in opposition to the cons. The rest of the world uses it to mean fiscally liberal, as in support of not regulating capitalist markets, which is an anti worker position.

      People often get pissy that a word can have more than one definition.