• venusaur@lemmy.world
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      Except conservative Republicans led the abolition of slavery. The parties have flipped over time.

      EDIT: republicans of the time were progressive. Democrats were conservatives “preying on the dumbest”.

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        Those were progressive Republicans. The party Lincoln started was progressive at the time.

        The current Republican party is conservative, but that wasn’t always the case.

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        The Republican party was not a conservative party then. That was the “flip” you’re referencing.

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          Yeah. Too many party loyalists regardless of policy. Their party can do no wrong.

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        That’s a neato fact! That’s probably why the comment you’re replying to didn’t mention any transient party names, just conservatism.

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          It is! Glad you found it interesting. Party loyalists are dangerous to democracy.

          Yeah they didn’t say parties thus my edit

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        Right, so “the conservative republicans led the abolition of slavery” is wrong. The progressive republicans did that. That does nothing to refute the point you’re replying to, which only mentioned conservatives and progressives, not republicans and democrats.