#OtD 16 Oct 1854 Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born in Dublin, Ireland. Moving to London, he became an advocate of libertarian socialism and an early inspiration for what would become a movement for LGBT+ rights. More LGBT+ history in our pod: https://workingclasshistory.com/tag/lgbtq/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

What makes it an oxymoron for you?

I know it can be tricky because in English "libertarian" is claimed by both the far-left and the far-right (in French we have "libertaire" and "libertarien" so the confusion is avoided).

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