Unique-Public-8594 t1_itg980h wrote on October 23, 2022 at 12:47 PM

Reply to comment by AbigailFlippinfloppn in Why doesn't the state build housing? by AbigailFlippinfloppn

“Both parties are liberal parties”.

You are flippin nuts.

The republicans have called themselves conservative (the opposite of liberal) since the beginning, 1854.

How can you not know this?

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)

Energeticlemon t1_itgo0t3 wrote on October 23, 2022 at 2:48 PM

All of American politics happen within a scale of liberalism. Most people just don’t know anything outside of American politics so they think they’re informed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism

AbigailFlippinfloppn OP t1_itgdqd8 wrote on October 23, 2022 at 1:28 PM

You're confusing the progressive/socially liberal<->socially conservative CULTURAL axis with the liberal<->socialist ECOMINIC axis

Republicans are socially conservative but economically liberal. The founding fathers were liberals. Reagan Bush Clinton Bush Obama and Trump are all liberals.

dishwashersafe t1_itini14 wrote on October 23, 2022 at 10:37 PM

Maybe you're technically correct, but "liberal" in reference to anything US politics related has a different connotation. Trying to use it to reference the original ideals of liberalism in casual conversation about US politics will just be confusing. It won't make you look smart, just out-of-touch.