Why do dumbfuck Americans call social-democrats liberals?

>>2159311
democrats co-opted the term in the 60's

>>2159311
>Social

As >>2159332 said, they took from the largely """liberal""" social policies in various nations.
Look at the first Trudeau PM, for instance.

>>2159311
a)because they are socially liberal;
b)because everything is in reverse in Murica.
The right-wing party is red and all that.

>social
>democrat

Code word for socialist fuckhead

>>2159353
No it isn't. Social-democracy is capitalism with a welfare state, socialism is a different economic system altogether.