But I've redefined nothing.
For as long as I can remember, and I'm not a young man, American Conservative has meant, at its core: the Constitution and Bible, as originally intended.
To the degree you support those, you are truly Conservative.
To the degree you oppose them you are "progressive" or "liberal" or "moderate" or "loose construction" or "reformist", etc., etc.
American Conservatives are not monarchists or supporters of state churches, as in Europe, and we are certainly not fascist authoritarians.
Instead, what we want to conserve is the Bible and Constitution, we think they're great treasures from our past and we'd like to pass them on as unsullied as possible.
You disagree?
‘American Conservative’ - Nice dodge, the word conservative and the word conservatism, look them up and get back to me.