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"๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ต"

I often use that, in the quotes, because I understand that it is too broad and sweeping to be accurate, but I cannot bring myself to refer to the illiberal people who call themselves liberals as liberals. What would you suggest that I call these people, who I'm sure that you understand that I'm referring to, who have falsely appropriated the label liberal?

"๐˜ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ต (๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜“๐˜๐˜๐˜Œ) ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ "๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ" ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด."

I'm not trying to start either an argument or debate with this, but you frequently heap scorn on "๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ" without ever providing justification. I would dismiss it from most people, but I consider you to be very intelligent, so it is a source of puzzlement.

I first mentioned it in the context of who decided the lopsided composition of the Supreme Court which has created a near national crisis. You once mentioned that when someone complained about something that you wrote on Medium getting your account canceled which cost you a sizable amount of money. Who the hell decided to do that to you was of great impotence to you. If the people who comment here were "the deciders" you would still have that account and would have received the money owed you. Since it seems hard to deny that who decides matters and it is the reason so many are obsessed with politics, I must be missing the context or meaning of your frequent out of the blue references to it. What am I missing?

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jt's avatar

"...I cannot bring myself to refer to the illiberal people who call themselves liberals as liberals."

Same here. I usually call them "the Left," but maybe "Progressives" is more apt. Or, actually, REGRESSives.

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