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   Rachel Thorn (rachel_thorn@queer.party)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Nov-2022 09:36:47 JST Rachel Thorn

   I see people are still using "neoliberal" wrong. Neoliberalism is contemptable, to be sure, but it does not mean, "people who are left of center, but not far enough left for my tastes." The dictionary is right there, folks.

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     Rachel Thorn (rachel_thorn@queer.party)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Nov-2022 09:48:11 JST Rachel Thorn

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     • ? Dominique Cyprès ?

     @lunasspecto Thank you!

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     ? Dominique Cyprès ? (lunasspecto@todon.nl)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Nov-2022 09:48:15 JST ? Dominique Cyprès ?

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     @Rachel_Thorn Left-of-Center neoliberals like *checks notes* Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher

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     Rachel Thorn (rachel_thorn@queer.party)'s status on Thursday, 17-Nov-2022 08:46:59 JST Rachel Thorn

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     @idlestate @lunasspecto Except that it's leftists who @riverpuppy is)use this pejorative today. And today's "conservatives" (whte nationalists/fascists) have replaced the "liberal" slur with "radical left" and "communist." There's an irony in there somewhere.

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     rellik moo (idlestate@toot.cat)'s status on Thursday, 17-Nov-2022 08:47:00 JST rellik moo

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     @Rachel_Thorn
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     I blame 1980s-era Republicans who turned "liberal" into a catch-all othering perjorative