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JayTheDirty t1_j6lxmc8 wrote

Reply to comment by quippers in 'Shut this story down': Government released Robodebt victims' personal details to deter them from speaking out by Returnofthejedinak

Liberal and Conservative mean the opposite thing in Australia mate.

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callanrocks t1_j6m0ehp wrote

No they don't what the fuck. Our Liberal Party are the Conservatives, though they're more comparable to the UK Conservatives than they are anything in the US.

At least for now, we're trending towards American insanity unfortunately.

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JayTheDirty t1_j6m0gvw wrote

That’s what I said.

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armpitchoochoo t1_j6m0z26 wrote

You did word it in a confusing way. Liberal means the opposite in Australia but conservative still means conservative. The Liberal party is conservative in Australia would have been wording that worked better I think

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bool_idiot_is_true t1_j6m9lby wrote

Liberalism is an economic philosophy that generally supports free trade and all that bullshit. These days the term is rare outside of politics and academia but it's still used in the US.

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