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[–] TwiddleTwaddle@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The "liberal" insult coming from a right winger would be used in a similar way to what you describe there, but to a leftist "liberal" is also an insult in a very different sense. Leftists basically use liberal as a derogatory for people that aren't far enough to the left. There's a lot of nuance to it in the way that the term is used now, but that's kind of the gist of it.