• 24_at_the_withers@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I know what you’re getting at here, but the way you phrased it is 100% wrong. The Republican Party was founded in 1854 as an expressly anti-slavery party.

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      11 months ago

      The Republican party hasn’t been the party of Lincoln in decades. If you want to find something close to a 1854 Republican, you’ve got to look at the Democrats.

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      11 months ago

      That’s just semantic nonsense. The conservative movement in this country is all that matters. Labels are for cereal boxes.

      Unless those people are still alive, what labels have been applied previously are irrelevant.

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        11 months ago

        Ah yes, the most pitiful refuge of the factually incorrect: iTs JuSt SemAnTiCs.

        Just admit you were wrong and do better. We all make mistakes.

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          11 months ago

          Party doesn’t mater, child. Actions matter. And that party are the Dems now, so you’re wrong twice. How does it feel?