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[-] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 16 points 15 hours ago

That's why it's important to communicate with them rather than alienating them.

[-] gravityowl@lemm.ee 7 points 9 hours ago

You're talking as if for over a year (cough decades cough) Palestinian activists hadn't tried talking to the liberals about their party's unshakable support for the ongoing genocide.

What's left to say to people who are "going to pick the lesser of 2 evils" even when you showed them that their pick is still funding the ethnic cleansing of all Palestinian people?

We should talk to general leftist people. Not the liberals. They still value money and profit over people

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

i probably would have taken that liberal stance long ago, but i had people explain their views to me in a good way that eventually made me rethink some of the things i held as truth. its just that it doesnt happen overnight. im not saying anyone will be convinced but the socialist strategy of getting people talking about political topics in a consistent organized way actually helps a lot here.

[-] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 hours ago

Why? They will side with fascism over leftism every time.

[-] comfy@lemmy.ml 7 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

That assumption isn't true. Socialists aren't born that way, most come out of the status quo ideology of liberalism. By abandoning all liberals with blanket statements, we'd simply self-fulfill that prophecy. Even US libertarian militias, a peak of liberalist ideology, have sometimes sided with antifascists over fascists (see: Redneck Revolt lines of affiliation with American Pit Vipers).

You're referencing a real trend, and there's a kernel of truth behind it, however it's harmful to the socialist movement to assume that as a universal inevitability.

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