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In reply to the discussion: Naming liberal values after a single politician is fucking weird [View all]NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)... what they're suggesting is that ONLY that politician represents those values. Or that that one god-like politician represents the values so perfectly, that he/she and only he/she, is the standard by which all other politicians should be judged.
It's a vain form of self-flattery, and it's something that's typically done by the hard-core supporters of that politician. The vanity and self flattery is that they are boasting THEIR OWN intelligence or THEIR OWN perfection by being a supporter of the so-named politician.
It also alienates other people who happen to support other politicians who also share similar liberal values. The underlying message from people who name liberal values after a single politician is also a passive-aggressive put-down and insult.