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    -911 hours ago

    New kids are trying to pretend that liberal means centrist instead of its actual meaning which is simply “not conservative”

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      43 hours ago

      Liberalism is an ideology. Conservatism is a position on an ideologic binary. Uf you ascribe to Liberalism you are claiming belief in a very specific form of government and economy. If you claim to be a conservative you need to clarify what kind of conservative you are.

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      810 hours ago

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

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        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.