Jay RosenMay 29, 2023

It's wired in, it's blatant, and it's old news, but to me it remains pretty remarkable that the establishment press in the U.S. uses the term "conservative" to mean any action the extreme right wing favors.

The more extreme the act, the more "conservative" are the actors!

Thus, the Freedom Caucus in the House — the members of which are the most ready to let the U.S. default on its debt — are routinely described as the most conservative faction in the government.

#uspol #science #journalism

Show threadTHOMnottomMay 29, 2023
@jayrosen_nyu it's interesting when compared to the left, where they at least attempt to make a differentiation between liberal and progressive (anything further left is not even considered a viable possibility).
Show threadrobinMay 30, 2023

@thomnottom @jayrosen_nyu well, socialist/ communist/ Marxist might be generally considered pejoratives, but they still exist as somewhat accurate descriptors. And that's without even reaching for anarchosyndicalism etc. The left has many terms.

Maybe the right does too? They have libertarian, which is often much more appropriate than conservative, but of course many of the "libertarians" still seem to want to control women's bodies for some reason...

Show threadBruce Heerssen 
@nottrobin It's because Libertarianism isn't a coherent ideology at all. Its central driving principle is nothing more than "Fuck you, I got mine."
Jun 11, 2023 at 12:13amWeb