fubarobfusco comments on Rationality Quotes April 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: fubarobfusco 24 April 2012 10:49:16PM *  0 points [-]

Sure. "Conservative" isn't a fixed political position. Quite often, it's a claim about one's political position: that it stands for some historical good or tradition. A "conservative" in Russia might look back to the good old days of Stalin whereas a "conservative" in the U.S. would not appreciate the comparison. It's also a flag color; your "fiscal conservative" may merely not want to wave a flag of the same color as Rick Santorum's.