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The problem is that religious fundamentalist, xenophobes, racists, misogynist, and bigots took over conservative movement. It is not that republicans and conser
by tlogan 10y ago
The problem is that religious fundamentalist, xenophobes, racists, misogynist, and bigots took over conservative movement. It is not that republicans and conservative thinkers endorsed these people but they made them comfortable under "conservative tent".
But slowly they took over everything: and Trump is result of that.
So maybe the right question should be: what happen to conservatism in US?
- themartorana 10y agoIt's a funny thing, when you want the votes of a demographic but you don't want to have to represent that demographic.
- et1337 10y agoI would pay so much money to watch a version of John Oliver that presented a conservative viewpoint without the xenophobia, bigotry, etc. But I guess that would be a libertarian John Oliver then.
- base698 10y agoOr maybe those things took over because of lack of opportunities for healthy identity in terms of meaningful contribution to society. Ship away everyone's opportunity for self esteem building work in locations with little wealth for self esteem building side projects and they cling to something to preserve identity.
- srtjstjsj 10y agoa party is not the same as a movement. The party is a mesh bag -- it has some structure and permanence, but defines very little. The movements are the goopy fluids that fill it and flow in and out of it, giving is temporary meaning.
- gizmo686 10y agoThe southern strategy was a deliberate move by the Republican Party to gain support by actively appealing to racists in the southern states.