• IronBird@lemmy.world
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      12 hours ago

      why do we call it “conservative” again? not sure what they’re conservating at this point…

      • Kindness is Punk@lemmy.ca
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        11 hours ago

        I’m Canadian, where the equivalent to the Republican party is called the Conservative Party of Canada under the guise that they are fiscally conservative.

        This is, of course, not the case but it’s the name they chose. It does lead to some confusion much like the National Socialist German Workers’ Party did.

    • OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe@lemmy.world
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      13 hours ago

      I feel that. My family is from the south, and then they moved to a shitty midwest state, brought all their racist bullshit with them. I just stopped going to events, changing my number today even to avoid the texts and calls from people who already know why I don’t talk to them. So far, none of them able-to-be/worth saving, maybe some little cousins but I can’t exactly reach them.