| WolfpackN64 said: I'm dismissing it because it's quite meaningless. And often it's used just to throw everyone under the bus. I see people accusing a "far left regressive left" of something some liberal (which are centre-right to me) newspapers have done. That and it's a term no serious dictionary even carries. |
And how were you able to quantify this? I can say that it is often used to criticize leftists who claim they're progressive and liberal, but advocate for illiberal ideas as that is also an equally valid notion.
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I see people accusing a "far left regressive left" of something some liberal (which are centre-right to me) newspapers have done. |
This is only anectodal evidence and it doesn't offer any quantification that supports your "often" assertion.
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That and it's a term no serious dictionary even carries. |
Appeal to authority. Whether the term is on a serious dictionary or not does not determine the validity of the term. Your assertion that the term is meaningless is dependent on unquantifiable anecdotes and a logical fallacy.
