After enough online discussions in which I've been called a leftie for
various reasons, I have come to the conclusion that someone calling you one
means, roughly...
That they have no sympathy for any of their fellow humans who might be
unfortunate enough to be born into the wrong socio-economic group, and who
therefore haven't had the chance to get a decent education (and perhaps not
even enough to eat)
And because *their* ancestors came from the same continent that first
developed science and had an industrial revolution, they consider
themselves superior to people whose ancestors came from other continents
("the Africans achieved nothing until the Europeans arrived" etc etc)
And that they refuse to acknowledge how lucky they are to have been born
into the socio-economic group they were, in the country they were, to the
parents they were, and to have the education and genes they have, which
they consider to somehow be something they have "achieved" rather than the
sheer luck it actually is.
And that, despite their entire lives having been blessed by the good
fortune of having been born the right person in the right place at the
right time, they don't wish to share anything with anyone less fortunate
than themselves, because those people haven't "earned the right" to partake
of their privileges.
That appears to be the position of people who call you a leftie. It's
basically their excuse not to act like decent human beings.
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