• @venusaur
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    8 months ago

    Except conservative Republicans led the abolition of slavery. The parties have flipped over time.

    EDIT: republicans of the time were progressive. Democrats were conservatives “preying on the dumbest”.

    • @[email protected]
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      288 months ago

      Those were progressive Republicans. The party Lincoln started was progressive at the time.

      The current Republican party is conservative, but that wasn’t always the case.

      • @venusaur
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        128 months ago

        Yup this is true. Democrats were conservative at the time.

        • @lolrightythen
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          8 months ago

          I wish everyone treated that as a matter of fact like you all did.

    • @aodhsishaj
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      158 months ago

      The Republican party was not a conservative party then. That was the “flip” you’re referencing.

      • @venusaur
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        48 months ago

        Ur right. Democrats were conservative at the time.

      • @venusaur
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        18 months ago

        Yeah. Too many party loyalists regardless of policy. Their party can do no wrong.

    • @XeroxCool
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      68 months ago

      That’s a neato fact! That’s probably why the comment you’re replying to didn’t mention any transient party names, just conservatism.

      • @venusaur
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        It is! Glad you found it interesting. Party loyalists are dangerous to democracy.

        Yeah they didn’t say parties thus my edit

    • @Feathercrown
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      48 months ago

      Right, so “the conservative republicans led the abolition of slavery” is wrong. The progressive republicans did that. That does nothing to refute the point you’re replying to, which only mentioned conservatives and progressives, not republicans and democrats.

        • @Feathercrown
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          48 months ago

          The entire tangent into dems vs repubs is still unnecessary, but I do appreciate your edit.

          • @venusaur
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            28 months ago

            fair. it was pre-emptive because i worry some people hear liberal and think democrat instead of just liberal

    • @Dkarma
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      28 months ago

      Got that half right. Abolition is never conservative, people. By definition.