why the @#$$ is the word conservative thrown around so easily and wrongfully in Europe?
merkel is a member of the “conservative” party.
this nut who thinks leaving the EU would spell doom is labeled a “conservative”
if that’s their conservatives, would hate to see their liberals.
“why the @#$$ is the word conservative thrown around so easily and wrongfully in Europe?”
I think several things are in play. I still hear and read that the Nazis were right wing. This happened after World War II so that the communists and socialists (which is a fine distinction in itself) could separate themselves from a losing ideology. The intent was to save the ideology by rebranding it. When communist became a bad word it became socialist then moderate then liberal then progressive now its conservative. (I may not have the order right and the meaning differs according to the user.) The Left has twisted the language to exonerate themselves and the twisting is so extreme now that their words have no meaning to the uninitiated.