Except conservative Republicans led the abolition of slavery. The parties have flipped over time.
EDIT: republicans of the time were progressive. Democrats were conservatives “preying on the dumbest”.
Those were progressive Republicans. The party Lincoln started was progressive at the time.
The current Republican party is conservative, but that wasn’t always the case.
The Republican party was not a conservative party then. That was the “flip” you’re referencing.
That’s a neato fact! That’s probably why the comment you’re replying to didn’t mention any transient party names, just conservatism.
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.
The entire tangent into dems vs repubs is still unnecessary, but I do appreciate your edit.
