Kamala Harris' VP choice, Tim Walz, 'happy' to be labeled a liberal.
Kamala Harris' VP choice, Tim Walz, 'happy' to be labeled a liberal.
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Note to anyone reading this outside the US: The word "liberal" is completely different from what the word means to you. Here it literally just means "left-wing" relative to the Republicans. So the Republicans use it as an insult of course.
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Which is sad because center right is still pretty far to the left of the Republicans.
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Kamala would be pretty much center in many European countries. Walz would be downright conservative.
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I mean, America is a very liberal country. Between classical liberals, neoliberals, and progressive (social) liberals, I'd say liberals are a pretty healthy majority in the country.
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Good for Tim.
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It's such a small thing, and I can't be bothered to go find the actual interview they're referencing, but it appears he didn't actually use the world "liberal" in his statement they're quoting
He later said, "So, if that's where they want to label me, I'm more than happy to take the [liberal] label."
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This was posted here multiple times already...
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Before the republican party went insane, liberal was what we called anyone who wanted to use tax money to improve the country... a good thing.
Yes, but technically Liberal describes advocates of indiscriminate personal freedoms which often gets adversarial treatment from communists. For example, Libertarians are technically Liberals, but they want the freedom to not pay taxes. More prominent and less controversial examples of a Liberal are a Civil Rights Activist, a Free Education activist, or Single Payer Healthcare reformist.
Like so many things in life, this too is a nuanced issue that you have to carefully look at and weigh on a case by case basis. The line between absolute freedom to do whatever you want and total authoriarianism is trickybto track sometimes.