Are Democrats or even "liberals" the real conservatives? [View all]

[ColinC]

I told my anarcho capitalist friend the other day that I’m “conservative” and he basically gave me a blue screen error. I was sorta messing with him but kinda not in some ways, as I think the Democratic Party can arguably be considered “conservative” in many of the more technical interpretations of the term.

Not in the modern political sense of the word, of course. But in the more traditional sense. Even in the traditional political sense, Democrats have certainly become the party of fiscal responsibility and smaller government when comparing policies on policing, budgets over the last 40 years and how much government plays a part in our personal lives. It is also the environmentally Conservative Party: prioritizing conservation and environmental protections in the tradition of the old GOP that established national parks. “Conservative” implies at least some type of moral foundation or compass which today’s Republicans are devoid of.

I’m just saying this because trying to equate any of todays GOPs policies as “conservative” in any sense of the word, makes me laughvomit. Right wing? sure. Neofascist? Absolutely. Conservative? When donkeys shit rainbow unicorns.