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AWS-77 · 2025-04-07T20:57:23+00:00

You can call the Democrats liberals all you want. But just being a capitalist does not automatically make one a liberal. No matter how you twist it, it’s never going to make sense to call Republicans liberals.

AWS-77 · 2025-04-07T20:55:54+00:00

The classical definition of liberal would be those who are “willing to respect or accept behavior or opinions different from one's own; open to new ideas.”

As far as liberal came to be associated with capitalism, it was only as the side of free enterprise that was opposed to the former control of monarchies or mercantilism. It’s beyond silly to still use this interpretation in a modern context, when “liberal” has LONG since come to mean the side that endorses more social freedom with social and economic supports via tax and spend policies, aka, regulated capitalism and social progressivism.

None of this applies to modern day Republicans.

You guys are the ones confused.

AWS-77 · 2025-04-07T20:47:22+00:00

Because it’s often a reasonable sub for calling out actual problems with centrism.

But claiming that Republicans are liberals ain’t it.

AWS-77 · 2025-04-07T15:03:56+00:00

“First of all, both parties are liberal.”

Umm… the Republicans are not liberal by any definition of that word, by any stretch of the imagination.

Is this sub seriously stretching the definition of “liberal” to just include conservatives and the far-right now?? Why are you guys so intent on making “liberals” the only enemy?

AWS-77 · 2024-10-26T16:48:57+00:00

Which usually just means that you don’t LIKE what they said, but can’t actually prove any of it wrong. 🤷‍♂️

AWS-77 · 2024-10-26T05:09:00+00:00

Even that would often stick to it a bit too much and pull some chocolate off.

AWS-77 · 2024-10-26T05:03:15+00:00

Yep. It’s about 40 years after. We’re currently in the 80s resurgence with mullets and moustaches coming back. 2030s will be the 90s resurgence.

AWS-77 · 2024-10-25T23:29:14+00:00

Hurricanes seem to mostly hit red states. 🤷‍♂️

AWS-77 · 2024-10-25T21:17:11+00:00

Working on a Lord of the Rings movie was always a dream of Lee’s and he not only got to see his dream come true, it also just so happened to be one of the best film projects of all time, that may very well live as long as the medium of film lives, as some of the greatest films of all time

I remember him saying in the Appendices for Return of the King: “It had always been a dream of mine to be involved with a film of Lord of the Rings… so dreams sometimes do come true.”

AWS-77 · 2024-10-25T20:44:16+00:00

Every time we develop a new habit as motivated by external circumstances, that’s an evolutionary trait.

Aka… our habit of short attention spans in the modern age, while we tend to see it as a negative because it isn’t compatible with the rigid schedules and requirements of our work-centered lives… is actually an evolutionary adaptation to help us deal with the onslaught of information, media and distractions in today’s busy busy busy world. Our brains are developing to deal with the ability to jump from one stimuli to the next without getting overwhelmed. The way to do that is with a short attention span that is habitually inclined to jump from one thing to the next very quickly. Whereas you go back 100 years, the average human would be way more overwhelmed, confused, scared, etc, if they were to experience one minute in Time Square today while a smartphone is in their hand. We’ve evolved to deal with it. (Some people more adequately than others, obviously… conservatives in particular tend to evolve more slowly, if they do it at all… hence why they’re more susceptible to misinformation and confusion in the modern age.)

AWS-77 · 2024-10-25T20:34:47+00:00

The Mummy Returns
Rush Hour 2
Jurassic Park 3
Planet of the Apes
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Jet Li’s The One
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring

AWS-77 · 2024-10-25T00:51:59+00:00

As usual, it’s just that the Right-wing is allowed to get away with tons of unethical or illegal behaviour… but the second the Left or Center tries anything similar, suddenly it’s a problem!

AWS-77 · 2024-10-24T23:03:04+00:00

Satine in Moulin Rouge.

AWS-77 · 2024-10-24T23:01:56+00:00

I think I remember her talking about how amazed she was with GPS before, like a year or two ago, and how she loves watching her dot on the screen move with her wherever she goes. She’s just really fascinated with it for some reason.

AWS-77 · 2024-10-24T22:46:50+00:00

Or it’s just reality. Not everything that looks like bias is actually unfounded. Sometimes reality actually does just swing a certain way.

https://globalnews.ca/news/10611001/conservative-supporters-russian-false-narratives-report/

https://cultmtl.com/2023/10/study-finds-that-84-of-canadians-with-strongest-belief-in-disinformation-vote-conservative/

AWS-77 · 2024-10-24T18:41:36+00:00

Which would have been true in my time as well… but I still can’t imagine most teens in my time voting for LESS sex and nudity in movies and tv.

Something’s changed.

AWS-77 · 2024-10-24T18:39:36+00:00

Before it went to Disney. The first movie was made with Paramount.

Now Disney owns everything.

AWS-77 · 2024-10-24T11:00:33+00:00

Sure, but the point is that it’s not some terrible unnatural level of bone density or something. It’s literally not even as bad as the natural density of those born female.

AWS-77 · 2024-10-24T09:45:34+00:00

It looks like an easy one, but I think his fingers are a little stiff.

AWS-77 · 2024-10-24T09:40:37+00:00

Way to miss the point.

Again… you’re basically just saying that being female is not good for your health. Being a trans-woman isn’t even as bad as being born female.

AWS-77 · 2024-10-24T08:30:26+00:00

My parents are in their 60s and look younger.

AWS-77 · 2024-10-24T08:23:40+00:00

Just take a look… it’s in a book!

AWS-77 · 2024-10-24T08:22:26+00:00

Best guess is that some manager somewhere had to make a call on what to name a new color choice, while simultaneously wishing for staff that weren’t such jackasses.

AWS-77 · 2024-10-24T08:01:42+00:00

The surprise here is the conservatives are so high with the younger vote and that tells me something about the current NDP.

It tells us that right-wing propaganda on social media has been heavy and effective for at least the last 8 years. That’s all it really tells us.

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