US Politics on Yik Yak | Improper use of political labels by media and by uneducated people has eroded people’s ability to have productive discourse. This is evidenced by right-wing outlets calling Democrats “communists” and left-wing outlets calling Republicans “conservatives”

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US Politics 15h

Improper use of political labels by media and by uneducated people has eroded people’s ability to have productive discourse. This is evidenced by right-wing outlets calling Democrats “communists” and left-wing outlets calling Republicans “conservatives”

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Anonymous 15h

Conservative is just a term for right wingers. Communist is a direct misrepresentation of a democrat lmao

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Anonymous 14h

except republicans are conservatives tho? like that one is true?

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Anonymous

#1 15h

You’re right about the latter part. But the former, not so much. A conservative is one who broadly wants to keep the status quo. The republican party has been the party of regression, not the status quo for the last 50 years

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