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[WolfpackN64]

Aura7541 said:

WolfpackN64 said:

But people who are far left never claim to be liberal, I only see the term used in a way which doesn't make sense.

And yes, I appeal to authority, what do you suggest we build or language on? Mud? I disavow the fallacy.

And there people who are far left who do claim to be liberal. Again, how do quantify that there is more far leftists who claim they aren't liberal than those who claim they are?

A fallacy is a fallacy. Appeal to authority is not a valid argument because you are not addressing the merits of the term. If you can't address the merits of the term, then you simply have not made a compelling argument that it is nondescriptive.

If you're a liberal, you're not far left, if you're far left, you'd never claim you'd be a liberal. The only far-left ideology who would incorporate quite some liberal ideas would be left-libertarianism.

An appeal to authority is not valid in a discussion, that's true, but questioning an authority ON language is not debunking a fallacy, it's stupidity.