Originally Posted by DinoTriz2 (Post 2922157)

"Liberal" is just a nickname for Leftists in the US.

It wasn't a lie from the government. People started calling Leftists "Liberal" in the 60s because they were socially liberal. Live and let live left Libertarian hippies.

"Liberal" can mean left or right. Just like "Authoritarian" can be left or right.

But I agree with you that we shouldn't call them Liberal. The most polite catch-all name should be "Progressive" or "Hitlers who pretend to care about people".

Originally Posted by Wonkie (Post 2922238)

what does left and right describe!

Originally Posted by bilirubin (Post 2921961)

Liberalism stems from petty-bourgeois selfishness, it places personal interests first and the interests of the revolution second, and this gives rise to ideological, political and organizational liberalism.

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Liberalism is a manifestation of opportunism and conflicts fundamentally with Marxism. It is negative and objectively has the effect of helping the enemy; that is why the enemy welcomes its preservation in our midst. Such being its nature, there should be no place for it in the ranks of the revolution.