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> The average, vocal, “conservative” that you’ll find in US media or politics is a reactionary whose bona fides consist of a few narrowly focused issues that pa
by CivBase 6y ago
> The average, vocal, “conservative” that you’ll find in US media or politics is a reactionary whose bona fides consist of a few narrowly focused issues that pander to a few core constituencies including now, racists and nativists. They often don’t share conservative ideals beyond that.
I don't watch much TV (especially "news" channels) so I might just be out of the loop here, but how has US conservative media been pandering to racists?
- Spooky23 6y ago“America First” and “Guns and God” are dog whistles for those types of people. You don’t hear anything about conservative principles. Just demagoguery and wielding of power.
- CivBase 6y ago"America First" is just the principle that the US government should prioritize US interests over the interests of other nations and people. It's about nationality, not race. Anti-gun-control and pro-Christianity are just popular subjects for conservatives. Again, not about race. In fact, those are principles that you just claimed they don't talk about. How are those "dog whistles for those types of people"? Isn't that like saying "defund the police" and "black lives matter" are dog whistles for communists?