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I dislike the terms 'alt right', 'extreme right' and 'far right' because it implies that there is an acceptable amount of right wing to be. (hexbear.net)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net to c/politics@hexbear.net

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You can't really say "I'm only fascist leaning". Either you are or you aren't

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[-] duderium@hexbear.net 35 points 11 months ago

THANK YOU. This is an easy way to tell if you’re dealing with liberals: do they put modifiers in front of “right” or “capitalism”? (Even the term “late capitalism” comes from a lib IIRC.)

As for me, there is no acceptable amount of rightwing. I’m so leftwing, I don’t even make right turns when I move around. I just keep turning left until I get there.

[-] axont@hexbear.net 17 points 11 months ago

I think the best way to know libs is they use the terms freedom or democracy instead of saying capitalism at all.

[-] Thordros@hexbear.net 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I really like late stage capitalism. It implies that capitalism itself is cancer, and it's the terminal kind. It's the part of the illness where organs start shutting down.

[-] envis10n@hexbear.net 5 points 11 months ago

If I'm talking to someone that is not a leftist, I will absolutely use modifiers because they distinguish using them.

You're absolutely right though. There is no acceptable amount of "right". I made that mistake when I first interacted here by using the term "extreme" when I meant to say "unchanging in the face of evidence". As in, an extremist. I've learned a lot since then though.