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Originally Posted by freebeard

OK. "Conservative and Liberal as labels has lost their original meaning[s]. First Democrats were Red and Republicans were Blue, then they swiched. I get so confused. I do know 'Democrat Party' is a slur.

You instincts are correct, but your grasp of the political spin of recent years is lacking.

From Wiki:

Red states and blue states refer to those states of the United States whose residents predominantly vote for the Republican Party (red) or Democratic Party (blue) presidential candidates.

This terminology came into use in the United States presidential election of 2000 on an episode of the Today show on October 30, 2000. According to AlterNet and The Washington Post, the terms were coined by journalist Tim Russert, during his televised coverage of the 2000 presidential election.[1] That was not the first election during which the news media used colored maps to depict voter preferences in the various states, but it was the first time a standard color scheme took hold; the colors were often reversed or different colors used before the 2000 election.

The colors were deliberately and essentially reversed to invoke confusion among the populace. "Red" has always represented the Left wing of politics including Socialism and Communism. I don't think Tim Russert was behind it; I think it was a decision of a major TV news network.

It's nice that we're in agreement. As I said the whole Left-Right division is a mystery to me. I consider myself a social anarchist.

You can say and think anything you please in The Lounge. But if you are a socialist/anarchist you know that "red" is traditionally the color of your flags.