lemm.ee

-3 points

8 months ago

Uh. Okay. If you say so. I wasn’t going to say anything about the No True Scotsman fallacy, but you really did force my hand with that last one. That’s outright silly, and a pretty vile attempt to coerce conformity out of of other progressives who don’t align with your perspective on economics by thinking you can label them “right-wing” for it.

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Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml

3 points

8 months ago

How would you propose left/right be divided, if not by the commonly accepted mechanics by which they differ?

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-2 points

8 months ago

I’m so glad you asked.

commonly accepted mechanics

I’m beginning to feel a little gas-lit.

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Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml

2 points

8 months ago

That refers to the Overton Window, as you can see it’s generally just vibes, and not actual measurable mechanics.

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-2 points

8 months ago

Right. I must’ve missed that because I don’t care about this conversation at all. Labels were never my thing to begin with. But you can call me right-wing if it makes you feel better, as long as I get to keep my trans boyfriend.

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Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml

3 points

8 months ago

You asked me, so I answered. Personally, I think left/right is hopelessly reductive, it ties too many unrelated things together, and says nothing of social views, of which you’re presumably very progressive despite right wing economic views.

That’s why I wouldn’t call you “right wing” before I called you a liberal, which I’m sure we are both comfortable with.

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-2 points

8 months ago

Hey, you’re the expert.

I personally couldn’t care less about economics. There are too many things to be right and passionate about for me to start worrying about all that theoretical insanity.

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