• protist@retrofed.com
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    Conservatives came to be called that because they were interested in conservation of nature, before it came to describe fiscal policy or religious extremism.

    You made this totally incorrect statement without any evidence and now you’re arguing with a person (who seems to actually know history) who accurately described the origin of the political term “conservative.” What’s up with that?

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      Amazing how everyone who has shown up to “um akshually” me is either misinterpreting what I said or talking mad shit without making a point. Blocked because you’re doing the latter.

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        When you make shit up and state it as fact, you’re going to find people disagree with you. Taking that personally sounds hard

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        You win here if you take the L.

        Accepting corrections shows that you are a serious person who is interested in the truth, not in scoring meaningless victory points.

        To put it another way, you are acting like Trump. Inability to back down is incredibly weak.

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          Thanks for telling me to lay down and take revisionist history, .ml user. It’s very on brand. Also blocked.