Kokomheart@lemmy.caM to Anarchism101@lemmy.ca · 3 years agoShouldn't anarchists be taking the word "libertarian" back from ancaps and other propertarians?message-squaremessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down11
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-squareShouldn't anarchists be taking the word "libertarian" back from ancaps and other propertarians?Kokomheart@lemmy.caM to Anarchism101@lemmy.ca · 3 years agomessage-square5linkfedilink
minus-squareCrimsonOnoscopy@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 years agoTheoretically? For sure. Practically speaking, it’s usually easier said than done. For example, the Swastika itself did nothing wrong, but it’s not exactly about to be rehabilitated.
minus-squareEvkob (they/them)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years agoAgreed, energy is better spent elsewhere than trying to rehabilitate words that have been co-opted by the right. This isn’t like reappropriating a slur, like queer, trying to “take back” libertarian would just cause confusion.
Theoretically? For sure. Practically speaking, it’s usually easier said than done.
For example, the Swastika itself did nothing wrong, but it’s not exactly about to be rehabilitated.
Agreed, energy is better spent elsewhere than trying to rehabilitate words that have been co-opted by the right. This isn’t like reappropriating a slur, like queer, trying to “take back” libertarian would just cause confusion.