• Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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      Liberals, as long as they cling to liberalism, do work against leftists in practice. In that sense, liberals are enemies, but they are enemies that can quite easily be turned into valuable comrades. My actual, original comment:

      Are liberals allies to leftists, if liberalism supports the capitalist system? Leftists are aligned on overthrowing the present system, while liberals are opposed to that and seek to tweak it.

      This is true, but I did not call them enemies outright. You’ve been rude this entire time, what’s the point? Are you trying to get a cheap rhetorical win?

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          That’s not accurate at all, though. I asked if liberals could truly be seen as allies if liberalism is counterposed to leftism, precisely for the purpose of sparking a conversation to have liberals question why they are counterposed to leftism. I wasn’t alienating anyone, I was trying to confront liberalism ideologically. You came in insulting me, and now you’re dehumanizing me because you got caught out.