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Actually it's the other way around: since 1980, conservative/Republican litmus tests have multiplied and gotten stricter. You can see this in the "RINO" epithet
by bediger4000 4y ago
Actually it's the other way around: since 1980, conservative/Republican litmus tests have multiplied and gotten stricter. You can see this in the "RINO" epithet. There's no analogous liberal/Democrat phrase.
- maxbond 4y agoI agree 90% of the way, but there is a term; "blue dog Democrat." However, RINO is universally pejorative, whereas blue dog is not.
- bediger4000 4y agoThank you! I wracked my brains to recall a RINO equivalent, and I didn't remember that.