• BrainInABox
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    10 hours ago

    That is not and have never been it’s meaning. In fact, conservatives are a type of liberal.

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      3 hours ago

      No they are not unless if they are conservative Liberals. A conservative Maoist and a conservative libertarian have very different ideologies despite being conservative within their own binaries. This is due to the fact that conservatism is a position in a binary and is not an ideology.

      You can be a conservative and be illiberal.

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        1 hour ago

        Ok, sure. But the “conservatives” that they were referring to are liberals.