Dan GillmorBig Journalism's relentless use of the word "conservative" to describe vicious right-wing extremism is one of the trade's laziest -- and damaging -- practices. It puts a mask of moderation on the vile nature of the people and ideology that it describes. This, from NBC, is a sad example: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/was-childfree-woman-enjoying-saturday-came-culture-warriors-rcna103581
Steven Heywood@dangillmor
One of the tragedies of the age is the international agreement between big media companies to use the innocuous sounding word "conservative" to describe the activities of viciously extreme misogynists and their fascist friends.