jacaw@sh.itjust.works to sh.itjust.works Main Community@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agoSuddenly seeing more hexbear posts. Did we re-federate with them?message-squaremessage-square1214fedilinkarrow-up1225arrow-down127file-text
arrow-up1198arrow-down1message-squareSuddenly seeing more hexbear posts. Did we re-federate with them?jacaw@sh.itjust.works to sh.itjust.works Main Community@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square1214fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresawne128 [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down2·1 year agoIs there anything confusing about that statement?
minus-squareEgon [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoYes, otherwise they would not have asked it. We all learn something new everyday, and what’s old for you is novel for others. We cannot expect everyone to be well-versed in theory that was once new to us as well
minus-squaresawne128 [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·1 year agoUh, I think I was right to be suspicious of their good faith.
minus-squareSpookyGenderCommunist [they/them, she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·1 year agoMaybe, maybe not. But that statement is going to be deeply confusing to the average American for whom “liberal” is synonymous with “left”.
Is there anything confusing about that statement?
Yes, otherwise they would not have asked it. We all learn something new everyday, and what’s old for you is novel for others. We cannot expect everyone to be well-versed in theory that was once new to us as well
Uh, I think I was right to be suspicious of their good faith.
Maybe, maybe not. But that statement is going to be deeply confusing to the average American for whom “liberal” is synonymous with “left”.