The Five Circles of Conservative Hell

[BurtWorm]

From a contributor at digby's Hullabaloo:

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/five-circles-of-conservative-hell.html

by batocchio


In American politics today, there are five circles of conservative hell. Unlike those in Dante's Inferno, these are primarily states of pain and suffering that conservatives seek to impose on others in this earthly world - or places of torment where they drag their fellow Americans for company. After all, there's no problem in the country that's not made sweeter by domineering spite!

Note that these are conservative movements, not solely Republican, since the conservative Democrats, the Blue Dogs, are indisputably unrepentant scumbags. That said, it's movement conservatism that really excels at toxicity and dumb, destructive authoritarianism.

(This post is sorta the shorter, rude companion to the taller, serious Social Contract one. Needless to say, this one is partially tongue-in-cheek. Partially.)

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[reformist2]

1. Time was most conservatives were only in the 1st or 2nd circles.

Now I personally know several that are well into the 4th.

[BurtWorm]

2. I've been thinking this is what the Anti-14th Amendment people are about, essentially

The ones who want to repeal equal protection. They probably want to repeal Emancipation as well.

For that matter, the 10th Amendment types seem to want that to be the sum total of the constitution: just state's rights and to hell with the rest.

[reformist2]

4. Yes. I have no idea how or why some people think that "equal protection" is bad

But I know their numbers are growing. It's very alarming.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

3. K&R