What’s the difference between a liberal
and a leftist? This question stumps most people because they
think liberal and left are essentially the same. But they’re not. In fact, liberalism and leftism have almost
nothing in common. But the left has appropriated the word “liberal”
so effectively almost everyone—liberals, leftists and conservatives—thinks they are
synonymous. But they’re not. Let me offer you six examples: 1. Race: This is probably the most obvious difference
between liberal and left. The liberal position on race has always been
a) the color of a person’s skin is insignificant and b) those who believe race is significant
are racists. Meanwhile, the left believes the very opposite. To the left, it’s the liberal attitude toward
race—it’s unimportant—that is racist. That’s why the University of California
officially lists the statement, “There is only one race, the human race” as racist. And liberals have always been passionately
committed to racial integration, while the left is increasingly committed to racial segregation—such as all-black dormitories and separate black graduations at universities. 2. Capitalism: Liberals have always been pro-capitalism,
because liberals are committed to free enterprise and because they know capitalism is the only
way to lift great numbers of people out of poverty. It is true that liberals want government to
play a bigger role in the economy than conservatives do, but liberals never opposed capitalism, and they were never for socialism. Opposition to capitalism and advocacy of socialism
are left-wing values. 3. Nationalism: Liberals believe in the nation-state, whether
that nation is the United States, Brazil, or France. But because the left divides the world by
class rather than by national identity, the left has always opposed nationalism. So, while liberals have always wanted to protect
American sovereignty and borders, the left is for open borders. When the writers of Superman were liberals,
Superman was a proud American whose very motto was “Truth, justice, and the American way.” But that all changed a few years ago, when
left-wing writers took over the comic strip and had Superman renounce his American citizenship
to be a citizen of the world. The left has contempt for nationalism, seeing
it as the road to fascism. Better that we should all be “citizens of
the world” in a world without borders. 4. View of America: Liberals have always venerated America. Watch American films from the 1930s through
the 1950s and you will be watching overtly patriotic, America-celebrating films—virtually
all produced, directed and acted by liberals. Liberals were quite aware of America’s imperfections,
but they agreed with Abraham Lincoln that America is “the last, best hope of earth.” The left, however, believes the left is the
last, best hope of earth and regards America as racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic,
violent, and imperialistic. 5. Free speech: No one has been more committed than American
liberals to the famous statement, “I wholly disapprove of what
you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” But the left is leading the first widespread
suppression of free speech in modern American history—from the universities to the tech
companies that govern the internet to almost every other institution and place of work. Of course, the left claims to only oppose
“hate speech.” But putting aside the fact that the left deems
“hate speech” anything it differs with, protecting what you or I might consider hate
speech is the entire point of free speech. 6. Western civilization: Liberals have always championed and sought
to protect Western civilization. Liberals celebrate the West’s unique moral,
philosophical, artistic, musical and literary achievements, and have taught them at virtually
every university. The most revered liberal in American political
history, President Franklin Roosevelt, often cited the need to protect Western civilization
and even “Christian civilization.” Yet, when President Donald Trump spoke of
the need to protect Western civilization in a speech in Warsaw, the left-wing media, also
known as the mainstream media, denounced him. They argued that Western civilization is no
better than any other and that “Western civilization” is just a euphemism for “white
supremacy.” So, then, if liberalism and leftism are so
different, why don’t liberals oppose the left? In a nutshell, because they have been taught
all their lives to fear the right. But as one of the best-known liberals in America,
Harvard Law School Professor Alan Dershowitz, said, “As a liberal, as an American, and
as a Jew, I far more fear the left than the right.” Dear liberals: Conservatives are not your
enemy. The left is. I’m Dennis Prager.
I listened to exactly the first fifteen seconds. I'm not really sure where the bullshit is in that. It's totally correct. Liberals are not leftist. Go to any leftist sub and ask them for their opinions on liberals.
But the left is RASCIST and is against FREE SPEECH! They are the only REAL PROBLEM in AMERICA! /s
INTREAGCRIAATLION
But he’s right, liberals aren’t leftists... they believe in capitalism and free market.
I just finished it and it’s a really frustrating video because he’s sometimes kinda right but his conclusions are just so wrong. He rightfully claims that the left opposes capitalism but then says it controls such capitalist apparatuses such as tech companies and mainstream media which are infamously liberal. And that other scholar he cites at the end sounds like such an idiot. Has he forgotten what happened when the far right took control of Europe? Or maybe he’s rich as fuck so he knows he can just buy his way out
Duh. If liberals want to help minorities, that means they’re saying minorities should be put in power over white people. If help another group more than another, then you are racist and making the races unequal again. /s
Leftism and Liberalism are both very broad, and much less clear-cut and well-defined than this video makes them out to be. They aren't mutually exclusive either; there's a decent amount of overlap between the two to the point that there are certainly ideologies that could be described as both leftist and liberalist, although they may not typically be described as such. (I'm not saying there's a massive amount of overlap, but it's there.)
but also
Literally the first point about racism is just a strawman that contradicts almost every other point
It's time to STOP.