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Sophia Loren was a nasty person.

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Opposing abortion does not make a person 'pro life.'

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Opposing abortion does not make a person 'pro life.'

Yes, and being for higher taxes on the wealthy isn't "liberal" in the European sense.  People use the label you give them.

Correct. "Liberal" in Europe means fiscally conservative. What is called "Liberalism" in the US would be closer to Social Democracy in Europe (although they aren't quite the same). The liberal parties in Europe are generally fiscally conservative and socially liberal (in Germany and the Low Countries, liberalism is one of the three historic political traditions along with Christian Democracy which is economically centrist (they've moved to the right on that In Germany and Flanders though) and socially conservative, and the Socialists who are left wing across the board).

The Free Democrats (at least in Germany)

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All country music recorded after 1990 is crap.

Good country artists post-1990: Turnpike Troubadours, Lucero, early Neko Case, Margo Price, Old 97s, Jason Isbell, Whiskeytown, Lucinda Williams, Drive By Truckers

(by far not an exhaustive list)

Old Crow Medicine Show, Kacey Musgraves.  Not exclusively post-1990 but Steve Earle, Gillian Welch, Maria McKee, Kelly Willis, Dwight Yokam, BR-549...

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PC > Mac

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All country music recorded after 1990 is crap.

Good country artists post-1990: Turnpike Troubadours, Lucero, early Neko Case, Margo Price, Old 97s, Jason Isbell, Whiskeytown, Lucinda Williams, Drive By Truckers

(by far not an exhaustive list)

Old Crow Medicine Show, Kacey Musgraves.  Not exclusively post-1990 but Steve Earle, Gillian Welch, Maria McKee, Kelly Willis, Dwight Yokam, BR-549...

OCMS is more folk/bluegrass than country. Someone who likes bro-country isn't going to like Gillian Welch or OCMS. You certainly never see young people at a bluegrass festival unless they're me or in the band.

Maren Morris is also very good.  Not sure if they were before or after 1990, but I also like The Mavericks.  For Canadian country music, Charlie Major was big for awhile, not sure what happened to him, and there's presently Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans.

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This is only unpopular with a certain segment but...

The mods are waaaayyy too easy on problem posts and posters. Too many racist posts, and personal attacks are left untouched even when reported. Repeat offenders might get infracted but it takes forever for them to even get a temp ban.

I'm not sure how you square this view with your view that social media companies are practicing defacto censorship with removing conservatives given that the concern you present to the moderators here is pretty much what the social media companies are targeting.