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Originally posted by ubertuber
Anyway, as a libertarian minded individual, I have long been bothered by the fact that most people associate conservative thinkers with social restriction. I almost feel like the Republican party has hijacked the meaning of the term and no one else ever noticed. Do (true) liberals feel this way about the Democrats?
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I don't know how you reconcile this. Conservative ideology, by definition, attempts to maintian status quo--hence, the charge of social restriction.
I'm not sure what you mean by "true" liberals. Are you referring to classic liberalism or socialist/communist reformists? Regardless, I've heard libertarians (the closest political party to classic liberalism) argue that the Dems do not represent their interests and I've heard the left-leaning reformists claim the Dem candidates are too centrist for them--so the answer seems to be yes in both cases.