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aranthus

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Tue Nov-22-11 10:27 AM
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44. That is how the terms are used in the US.

Part of that is just partisanship. Part of it is just typical American playing fast and loose with the language. Part of it is to confuse the rest of the world about what we're talking about. How are we doing? Also, you're right about Americans disliking any identification with the term "socialist" in it. What happened was that conservatives began to equate "liberal" with "socialist" which made Democratic politicians uncomfortable. So liberals became progressives.

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