I'm hoping this doesn't start a fight, I'm just curious what the political orientation is of this community. I grew up in a liberal (in the American sense) family, and I identify now as a socialist, though a lot of the liberalism I grew up in has stuck with me, like interest in LGBTQ and women's rights, environmentalism, etc. Wondering where people here land?
Reminds me of pre-purge UK Labour Party being accused of being anti-semitic red-brown nazbols, but when polled they were by far the least anti-semitic party. Liberalism gets credit for being more progressive than communism despite communists/socialists being overall better on social issues when compared apples-to-apples. Probably because people think of early 20th century Communists when they think of Communism, and those people had some reactionary views (but less so than their contemporary Liberals did)
Socialists are always ahead of the curve on social issues, and Liberals are always closer to reactionaries/fascists than commies are. "Red Brown alliance" is an overhyped fake fear, the real terror always comes from a Blue Brown alliance.