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tenderfoot

(8,425 posts)
Wed Jul 29, 2020, 02:09 PM Jul 2020

Do Conservatives actually stand for anything or are they just ASSHOLES?

You tell me.


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Do Conservatives actually stand for anything or are they just ASSHOLES? (Original Post) tenderfoot Jul 2020 OP
conservatism is the ideology of character flaws... Thomas Hurt Jul 2020 #1
Both. They stand for being assholes. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #2
White supremacy [sic] and the super-wealthy kysrsoze Jul 2020 #3
kind of sad that it isn't obvious stillcool Jul 2020 #4
There are no 'conservatives' on the scene these days; elleng Jul 2020 #5
They are "conserving" feudalisim. Mopar151 Jul 2020 #6
Big business and monetary kickbacks Ferrets are Cool Jul 2020 #7

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,584 posts)
2. Both. They stand for being assholes.
Wed Jul 29, 2020, 02:11 PM
Jul 2020

"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

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
4. kind of sad that it isn't obvious
Wed Jul 29, 2020, 02:19 PM
Jul 2020

every word, every action, removes all doubt about what they stand for.

Mopar151

(9,974 posts)
6. They are "conserving" feudalisim.
Wed Jul 29, 2020, 02:20 PM
Jul 2020

Dynastic Wealth, and The Divine Right of Kings. Assholes doesn't have nearly enough range.....

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