• BakedGoods@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    It’s a word trying to describe the left of a political spectrum as an -ism, which is stupid. It’d be like saying liberals (who are on the right of the political spectrum for you Americans) are the same as fascists because their rightists.

    • AaronMaria@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Categorizing something doesn’t mean all subcategories are the same. While you can argue that it’s overgeneralizing that would be a different argument. Leftist is used outside of American Politics. I’m not American btw.