• Doomsider@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    It definitely is old propaganda anyways and not a term brought up very often anymore. I can see the nuance in your view in regards to naivete.

    When I was younger it was often brought up when someone would talk about starving kids in Africa. Pundits would say, “another bleeding heart liberal” as a way to be dismissive and mocking of their feelings.

    It was almost always women they would do it to as well. So ultimately it was a derogatory sexist way to dismiss the concerns of women on social issues.