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[–] moshtradamus666@lemmy.world 9 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The first time I saw this word being used was here on Lemmy, when I arrived during the reddit exodus. I'm not a native English speaker though.

[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

It was used on Reddit, but not widely. Mostly by insufferable 'enlightened centrists' who didn't want to engage in good faith argument.

It's now a blanket term for "anyone left l politically left of me" used by insufferable liberals who don't want to admit that trying to curry votes from Republicans lost them the election.

For a time it was being used to describe actual Chinese and Soviet sympathisers, but given how quiet that particular group has been after the election, I suspect it was interchangable with state sponsored bot accounts.

[–] bouh@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago

Exactly this! I've never seen the term used by anyone but liberals to taunt, attack or divert a debate.