Right, so "the conservative republicans led the abolition of slavery" is wrong. The progressive republicans did that. That does nothing to refute the point you're replying to, which only mentioned conservatives and progressives, not republicans and democrats.

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

thus my edit

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The entire tangent into dems vs repubs is still unnecessary, but I do appreciate your edit.

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

fair. it was pre-emptive because i worry some people hear liberal and think democrat instead of just liberal