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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDo Conservatives actually stand for anything or are they just ASSHOLES?
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Do Conservatives actually stand for anything or are they just ASSHOLES? (Original Post)
tenderfoot
Jul 2020
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Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)1. conservatism is the ideology of character flaws...
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,584 posts)2. Both. They stand for being assholes.
"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." - John Kenneth Galbraith
kysrsoze
(6,019 posts)3. White supremacy [sic] and the super-wealthy
stillcool
(32,626 posts)4. kind of sad that it isn't obvious
every word, every action, removes all doubt about what they stand for.
elleng
(130,727 posts)5. There are no 'conservatives' on the scene these days;
lots of radicals.
Mopar151
(9,974 posts)6. They are "conserving" feudalisim.
Dynastic Wealth, and The Divine Right of Kings. Assholes doesn't have nearly enough range.....
Ferrets are Cool
(21,102 posts)7. Big business and monetary kickbacks