That is a really bad argument because it takes what I say out of historical context. I'm obviously not talking about 'conservatives' who were actually crown loyalists. I am talking about present day Patriots(conservatives) and today's lovers of tyrants(progressives)
The problem is that all you're doing is spouting off your own personal bias. Easet is correct in claiming that conservatives were loyalists during the revolution because the definition of a conservative is one who seeks to preserve the
status quo. And the loyalists were seeking to maintain the
status quo of their time.
Conservatives are generally the wealthy and powerful in their society because those are the people who have the most to gain from maintaining the
status quo. During the revolution, taxation was effecting even the wealthy colonists, however, and power was not being shared with them by Britain, so many of them became "liberals", and fought to liberate the colonies from British control. But not all of them. And the ones that did not were the hyper-conservatives. Those who wanted to maintain the
status quo even in the face of British abuses.
The term "conservative" applies to those who, IN ANY INSTANCE (then as now), seek to maintain the
status quo. While the term "liberal" refers to anyone who seeks to liberate themselves and/or their society FROM the
status quo in any instance, then or now.
Progressives are those who seek to continually improve the state of themselves and/or their society through constant exploration and adaptation. Progressives are often also liberals, and liberals are often also progressives, though not always. And even some conservatives support progressive reforms; so long as they don't threaten their privileged positions.
So before you go trying to slander whole groups of people that you don't really know anything about, you should at least try and get your terms defined accurately. Because when you do so, you will be forced to recognize that it was the conservatives among us that opposed nationhood for the United States, that fought against ending slavery, that opposed allowing woman to vote or own property, and that oppose, to this day, all attempts at progressing toward equal freedom, justice, and opportunity for all our citizens. Conservatism is by and large the attitude of the privileges elite seeking to keep things the way they are, so that they will remain the privileged elite. For some, that privileged elite status depends on their religion, so they fight to maintain it's social dominance and it's illusion of righteousness. For others, that privilege depends on the elite status of their race and/or nationality, so they seek to maintain the illusion of their ethnic superiority. And for many that superior elite status depends on their wealth, and their ability to influence business and government with it, so they seek to maintain that advantage for themselves by whatever means they can.
And so those are the people who are the "conservatives" in our modern society: religious elitists, racist elitists, and greedy rich.
Is that really the crowd you want to be associated with? Because those are the people who do not want society to change or progress. They are invested in the illusion of their own superiority, and so fight against any and all social change that enables equality, opportunity, and fairness for everyone else.
