it was just a stupid comment, sorry. i thought it was funny. of course i don’t want to call them brotests. it’s like what the fratboys that we don’t like would perhaps say.

i feel like my comment was interpreted differently than how i intended it. it was just supposed to be a stupid dad-joke pun.

(for those who don’t get it: this emoji-combination is miming the children’s saying “liar liar pants on fire”. sorry if i am ruining it or being too obvious)

Brotests, perhaps?

to my understanding, that is very much not true.

the terminology of being a “conservative” did not come from supporting conservation of nature. that might be one aspect, and indeed, still today, there are conservatives that are very much interested in the conservation of nature, but this is not where it came from. it came from schools of thought in the american and french revolution concerning conservation of aspects of tradition, aristocracy, royalty, and religion.

afaik, this has also been the case tbroughout american history as well. perhaps you are referring to people like teddy roosevelt, who identified as a conservative to the public and had conservationist views and policies.