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Re:What Guide Books Tell Foreign Visitors to the U.S. by joelhooks on Saturday June 02, 2012 @10:41AM (#4058161)
At some point in the early 20th century they flipped it over here. A "rebrand" of sorts.
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Re:What Guide Books Tell Foreign Visitors to the U.S. by roel_v on Saturday June 02, 2012 @03:53PM (#4058995)
That's not what he meant - he meant (I think) that a US liberal is still considered right wing in Denmark, i.e. that the Danish 'liberals' are US 'pinko commies' and US right-wingers are in Denmark either 'capitalist oppressors' or 'crazy religious extremist', or both, depending on context.
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