• Smorty [she/her]
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    8 months ago

    Wow there, is conservative now just automatically right wing? Didn’t know that… (very much non-american here)

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      8 months ago

      Yes, conservative has always meant right-wing from the very first use of the political “wing” terms. The conservatives sat on the right side of the room during the French Revolution.