Gwynevere posted... But you said:
Which would imply that she's a good example because her only qualifying factor for being considered right wing is hating trans people, when that hasn't been the case for a long time now.
That's fair, but why would you join the discussion to make assertions about what people believe if you're not well informed on the subject?
I joined because I believed I had a good understanding of why people view Rowling as right wing.
But someone brought up a point I didnt know folks had problems with. I cant confirm or deny the reason, so I decided to leave the discussion alone after obtaining new information.
averagejoel posted... basically, "liberal" has come to mean "left" in a US context, but that doesn't really line up with what it actually is; the US is just skewed really really far to the right.
as an ideology, liberalism is more like center- to moderate right-wing ideology.
liberals as individuals might support some social justice movements for women/black people/etc.; and some might self-identify as left-wing because of it. some might even recognize the reality that social justice fundamentally cannot happen without economic justice.
the thing that fundamentally prevents them from being left-wing is that they naively believe that economic justice can be achieved under capitalism; and therefore they ultimately support the continuation of capitalism as an economic system.
as for "progressive": the term isn't necessarily tied to any specific political ideology, so it's fairly nebulous, but generally I think it kinda starts at the leftmost part of liberalism. that is; people who recognize that there are problems that need solving, but don't recognize that they're unsolvable under the current economic system
This is interesting. I was led to believe the US is skewed to the left, globally. Thank you.