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[–] Njos2SQEZtPVRhH@piefed.social 0 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Within politics these words are still context dependent and used to describe all sorts of stances and are open to various interpretations. It's an umbrella term. To claim otherwise is simply besides the facts. I know lots of leftwingers who call themselves conservative. About liberalism and anarchism, yes you might use those terms in those ways, and that is actually being done all the time.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 hours ago

I know lots of leftwingers who call themselves conservative.

Then you know lots of people who have no idea what they're talking about.