Pronouns bad! - eviltoast
  • SGforce@lemmy.ca
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    In liberal democracy, the status quo is liberalism. Conservatism was to conserve the monarchy and aristocracy.

    • The Snark Urge@lemmy.world
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      There is a difference between historical conservatism and what it has become. Even setting that aside, there is much daylight between what a movement will profess and what it will ultimately produce.

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        No, there really isn’t. True conservatism is an unbroken line from royalists, to confederates, to nazis, to Trump.

        It’s the allegedly small government, pro-freedom “conservatives” – i.e. self-deluded liberals who mislabeled themselves – who were the aberration.

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          What’s the most confrontational way to respond to someone who agrees with you?

          I think you dropped your writing prompt