Originally Posted by MicShazam

Exactly the same in Denmark. I can't get used to thinking of red as the color of conservatism. Although more commonly than colors, we use the terms right and left. This is only confusing in Denmark because there's a right wing party named Venstre - which means... left. I think it originally was supposd to signal that they were further left than other even more right wing parties, i.e. closer to the middle, but today, they're one of the most right wing parties there is. Confusing as hell.