Similarly, American conservatives generally refer to democrats as “liberals” and rarely as “progressives,” which democrats use more often to describe themselves.
Conservatives do this, but so do leftists, so all you really learn is that they’re not a democrat. And even then, it’s not that strong evidence.
I think this is false. I have seen it regularly used to mean something like “particularly evil liberal.”
Similarly, American conservatives generally refer to democrats as “liberals” and rarely as “progressives,” which democrats use more often to describe themselves.
Conservatives do this, but so do leftists, so all you really learn is that they’re not a democrat. And even then, it’s not that strong evidence.
I think this is false. I have seen it regularly used to mean something like “particularly evil liberal.”