Maybe not the right place to ask this, but why are American conservatives called conservatives? Where I live, in one of the EU countries, they would be considered extremists and the Democrats would be considered right wing.
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Submitted 2 weeks ago by MTZ@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Overton window got yeeted so far to the right it ended up in 1930s germany
ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Man, it hits so hard because it’s true.
k_rol@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
The right and left are subjective terms. It really depends where you live and people will be more or less left/right.
As a Canadian I think the American conservatives are right religious nuts rather than just right extremist.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I think the American conservatives are right religious nuts rather than just right extremist.
Both are true.
kameecoding@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Well that’s not how that works.
Right wing means you believe that some people are naturally better than others.
Right-wing politics is the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable,[1][2][3] typically supporting this position in favour of conservatism, natural law, economics, authority, property, religion, or tradition.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10] Hierarchy and inequality may be seen as natural results of traditional social differences[11][12] or competition in market economies.
BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
At least in Canada, most people I know think Liberal = anything left, Conservative = anything right. Maybe Americans are the same.
maniclucky@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Basically. Our Overton window is fucked thanks to the Nazis in power. Both current and historical.
jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That is exactly American brainwashing. You are correct.
atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
In my country(that is in the EU), there are people that would call anyone that says anything remotely positive about gay people woke communists trying to bring Nicolae Ceaușescu back from the dead
MTZ@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It comes down to how American conservatives are extremely hesitant to any kind of change at all. In the extreme cases, like MAGA, QAnon, TeaParty, etc. that hesitance can lead to fear of change which can lead to things like violence and terrorism, etc. In short, they are called conservatives because they wish above all else to “conserve” the status quo, that often being racism, sexism, slavery, xenophobia, hate groups, misogyny, etc.
Prove_your_argument@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
American “conservatives” are anything but conservative.
They’re hyper liberal. They’re ripping up precedent left and right to institute how the think things “should be” as if it’s 250 years ago. The billionaires want slavery. They want to eradicate all minorities and anybody who isn’t white. They don’t have the support to do all of this all at once, so they’re starting with the people who will never support them first. Take away the support of the opposition and more and more unpopular actions can be taken to push things towards an oligarch controlled white christian nationalist organization.
They’re spending money like crazy but only in ways that support them politically. They’re trying to drive out anything that is remotely left ideologically until the middle is the left, and then they’re next.
DmMacniel@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
And denying climate change as it would require their thinking and doing to change. They hate that the most.
Deceptichum@quokk.au 2 weeks ago
Because they want to go back to white American male rule? It’s a very selective and niche time period they want to conserve.
tetris11@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
That is not a question and you know it isn’t
frog_brawler@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You’re 100% right but we repealed the fairness doctrine in 1987, and ever since that, we’ve had politicized information cycles. Republicans in 1987 knew they’d have to lie to continue holding power; but they also have been enshitifying education too. A lot of people are just simply undereducated and comforted by their echo chambers. Have that happen for 40 years. Here we are.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
The name is inherently nonsense. They aren’t “conserving” anything.
frog_brawler@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
They are regressives
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
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Oh wow that’s quite the username
Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Why would anybody use Threads? I made an account on there just to see what it’s about and it was so shitty that I ended up deleting a couple of hours later. Most of the content is just ragebait, political misinformation, and businesses/influencers trying to shill something. For every 10 posts you might get 1 or 2 that doesn’t fall in these categories. It’s just bad, and not in a good way.
Donebrach@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
So it’s like all of social media since forever? Shocking!
Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It’s bad even for social media standards.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Why would anybody use Threads?
Let’s say you were a Bitcoin spammer who wanted to appeal to a higher quality of bullshit techbro crowd.
Wilco@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
She isn’t wrong.
saltesc@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Jesus was definitely a libertarian and definitely not a conservative. Oh, except for inside a temple on markets day.
dawnslayer@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
These people do not care about Jesus lol
MTZ@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yeah. Jesus would never recognize these people as true Christians. He would be looking for cameras and shit thinking someone was trying to punk him. Lol
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
yeah this aint exactly the burn they think it is
drhodl@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Liberals aren’t trying to bury those files, perverting justice, and destroying a country in the process. Jeebus but I’m starting to loathe fence sitters and “both siders” !
khepri@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Are these liberals in the room with us now?
Agent641@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Retirement homes
lukaro@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I’ve been on Threads a few times and I never see anything but magat asses spewing bullshit!
MTZ@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
that’s all I see on X, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen one even mildly conservative acting person on threads. Weird. Algorithms, maaaan.
madjo@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
She could try truth social… or x, at this point.
Phegan@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Also Grindr
MTZ@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Oh fa sho.
ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Fuck you and your liberal homophobia
MTZ@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I mean, there have been at least three documented instances where their little “gatherings” have put extreme strain on Grindr servers, one time knocking the server offline completely.
Snowpix@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
How does saying conservatives use Grindr make somebody a liberal? I swear, the word has lost all meaning on Lemmy xD
blackbelt352@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Stats don’t lie and there are a lot of closeted Republicans on Grindr
dumbass@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Here, take my username, it suits you better.
Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Go be a fucking idiot somewhere else
TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Awww, look at the triggered little snowflake! How cute!
jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It fills me with joy to see this stupid comment eviscerated.
Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
What? I’m gay and I say this. Republicans are on Grindr, and it’s fucking gross. Ew, Republicans.
MTZ@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Ok, snowflake.
FundMECFS@anarchist.nexus 2 weeks ago
Happy cake day, and agreed