As someone with left-leaning beliefs, I can’t identify as a leftist because it’s too embarrassing.
Pretty much what the title says. I used to consider myself pretty left leaning because I don’t like the ultra-rich, wealth inequality, and mega corporations, and I like the idea of universal healthcare and lowering the cost of school, but “the left” is so cringe and embarrassing I don’t want to be associated with them one bit. I don’t like how holier-than-thou they always act and how hyperbolic they are about everything. No I don’t like Trump, but no he’s not a Nazi or a fascist. Nazis are not an issue in America. The modern far right are not Nazis. You sounds absolutely ridiculous and no one takes you seriously, go outside and touch grass/interact with normal people. Also, maybe I’m a judgmental person for saying this but its genuinely how I feel, but most far left leaning people are just so weird and off putting. Always talking about how gay or neurodivergent they are, always dressing weird or dying their hair unnatural colors (on purpose just to virtue signal imo), always wearing those pedophile glasses, weirdly obsessed with shit like frogs or mushrooms, totally lacking in self awareness and how they come off to other people, its just too much for me man. There’s also just so much spite towards groups they think “hold power” over them like men, white people, straight people, non-trans people, religious folks, etc. it’s just way too offputting and antisocial for me. I feel like they act like cry bullies and always act like victims to garner sympathy in order to put people down who they secretly are jealous of.
Posted Jun 10, 2026, 4:35 PM UTC