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[-] Radiant_sir_radiant@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

the practice decidedly does not correspond with their stated principles for most of them

No argument here. It just bugs me how some people misappropriate words. It's a bit like Swiss neo-Nazis having resorted to calling themselves "patriots". Being a racist bellend doesn't make you a patriot, just as wanting to roll back several decades of gender equality doesn't make you a libertarian.

I just wish that people would understand that if you're afraid to call yourself what you really are in public, you should probably reconsider your ideology, not the word you use to describe it. Yes, I'm aware that that's asking too much.

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