re: #308 iossarian
So again, like it or not, by self-defining as a conservative, you’re aligning yourself with them at some level.
I don’t think so. Lots of people call themselves lots of things. Lots of assholes call themselves ‘liberal’.
I guess you could say when the number of people using the term in a nasty fashion outweighs those in a good, then you’re in a bad spot, but what are you supposed to do, come up with a new term?