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So basically liberals supported if not spearheaded the movement.
No
Liberals where the pearl-clutchers.
Sorting political affiliations into liberals/conservatives is a false dichotomy that basically only happens in the US (due to the two party system). There are other political movements, though. Otherwise, Occupy, BLM, Stop Cop City, Defund the police, etc. would be considered liberal movements, even if they oppose liberal (DNC) politicians.
OOP (the person posting the tweet/toot/notlearningtheblueskylingo) is an explicit leftist, so he makes that distinction.
Any movement that promotes human rights is by definition a Liberal Movement.
Maybe with the philosophical definition. Not with the political definition, though.
OP means the political definition.
The literal definition of Liberal, now and forever, yes. It often gets misused in this social circle because 1) Tankie Propoganda who oppose human rights and social progress in the west and 2) it's often misused by political parties with the word in their name, but if you search the definition you find exactly what I said it is.
Word of advice: The dictionary is a horrible source of authority when it comes to political discussions. You're gonna have a bad time using it, since it ignores political and historical context.
Nevertheless: OOP is correct.
Have fun never having any fruitful political discussions with that attitude. /s