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by yamtaddle 1176 days ago
> Now ask this to a human. You will get a polarized answer "No, Reagan is a conservative icon!!!!!!" lacking any nuance.

Depends on the human. Ask a political science professor and the result will probably be pretty similar, plus an earful on the evolution of the two major US political parties' positions since the 1980s and how that complicates these kinds of retrospective judgements.