• Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mlBanned from community
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    Liberals call this “purity testing,” but fundamentally the democrats stand for perpetuating capitalism and imperialism. These two points of contention are irreconcilable with any leftist.

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      “purity testing” more like them gaslighting people into believing that they are left wing and getting defensive when they are proved not to be

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        I agree, though I’d say there’s a difference between criticism and self-criticism with what we think of as “purity testing,” ie demonizing AES or other movements for their imperfections.

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      “Waaaah how dare you purity test me, yeah I have right wing economic views but have you considered my social views are also right wing” - average Liberal