How is it that we tend to refer to the right wing nut cases currently in charge of the Republican Party as "conservatives" or even "far right"?
Are we into euphemisms or something? I mean, what is "conservative" about destroying the middle class, workers' rights, and the ecosystem?
Lets call them what they are.
Back in the sixties we had a term for these folks: "reactionaries" - which was pretty close to a synonym for fascist.
re·ac·tion·ary adj rē-ˈak-shə-ˌner-ē\
Definition of REACTIONARY: relating to, marked by, or favoring reaction; especially ultraconservative in politics
I propose that we all start using the term as soon as possible in the same way that the right wing made an expletive out of "liberal."