Hi. So the weirdest, most annoying argument I’ve had just happened. Some alt-righter’s logic was “Well, if I use this obscene word a lot, then i’m using it liberally, and if enough people hear it, then thAt’s PRoGREssive” Dafuq crack are you smoking bro? Using hate speech/profanities/obscenities is neither liberal or progressive. Am I wrong? Explain this warped logic to me? Chuds are quite illogical. Also, I’m a bit buzzed and I can make more sense than a right-wing chud.
You’re not wrong. As to why, there are a couple of things going on, but at the very least he’s confusing different meanings of “liberally”.
“Liberally” can mean ‘accepting others, even if they’re very different to me’ and ‘a form of government in which there’s a democratic republic that coexists with capitalism’. It also is an adverb similar to ‘plentifully’ or ‘abundantly’.
So when he uses an “obscene word a lot”, he’s indeed “using it liberally”, but in the sense of ‘plenty’. He’s not magically jumping from ‘plenty’ to ‘accepting others’ or ‘a particular form of government’. Notice that ‘accepting others’ and the democratic bit in liberalism are many times what progressives strive for (although there are some progressives who would defend the capitalist part as well).
So his logic is straight up not valid.
Either he’s trolling you or he’s functionally illiterate. It’s also possible he’s literate (and IQ smart), but is so indoctrinated that invalid logic becomes magically valid from his perspective. Lastly, it’s possible he messed up (as humans so often do!). But based on my interpretation of what you two were up to, and my own experience on the internet, I think he’s trolling.
I think he was trying to justify himself using hate speech as contributing to a liberal or progressive cause. Making himself seem like a good person, I guess?