We should call Republicans reactionary NOT conservative.

[k8conant]

Jennifer Rubin described it well years ago:

https://postimg.cc/mh8r2Wcr

[blm]

1. Exactly. Rabid reactionaries pushed real conservatives out of the GOP

when they gained control of the Republican Party over the last 2 decades.

[sanatanadharma]

2. Regressives

Regressives!

Devolving karmic trajectory humans choosing to act in ways that guaranty the result being their future uncomfortable circumstances

Meanwhile, the 'woke' seek to elevate the higher potential of humanity in all people, not the few selected. They are the individuals moving progressively towards a better life.

Some self-identities are built upon the egoic recognition of enemies.
For others, self-identity is recognized by building friendships.

[k8conant]

9. Regressive is appropriate also!

That'll work.

[elleng]

3. ABSOLUTELY!

Been saying for years, nothing 'conservative' about them.

Glad to see Jennifer Rubin said it.

[elleng]

4. here

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/post/its-not-conservative-its-reactionary/2012/02/21/gIQA3n0FRR_blog.html

[niyad]

5. Have been pointing out for years that they are reactionaries, NOT "radical right".

[Tumbulu]

6. I call them degenerates, but reactionary

is far more polite.

[Iggo]

7. Fascist works.

[LostOne4Ever]

8. There are many terms to describe them

Racists
Homo/trans-phobes
Sexists
Misogynists
Bigots
Reactionaries
Bootlickers
Regressionists
Dominionist
Theonomist
American Taliban/ISIS


But in the end they are all:

NAZI WANNABE FASCIST ASSHOLES!

I will fight these lowlifes at every turn!!!

[k8conant]

10. Yes to all of the above...

[Emile]

11. Conservative only to the very wealthy, while bankrupting the country

and running up debt. What blows me away is people thinking republicans are better with the economy.

[JHB]

12. Absolutely NOT. This reactionary movement has spent over 50 years calling itself 'conservative'...

...and encouraging as many people as possible to embrace that word as their identity. You can't invite everybody to stay at your house and then say "Oh, no, those people aren't with us" when you're embarrassed about your previous bedfellows pissing out the windows.

Rubin fairly gets credit for being one of the people who spent years dismissing those people as a small fringe but finally realizing that she and people like her were the actual fringe group, but she still can't deal with how much of this was being put into place years, decades ago while she was still having warm fuzzy thoughts about her movement.

Add to that: Get real. This is the United States. Nobody but lefties and intellectuals know the meaning of the word "reactionary" in this context. It has no impact, no resonance, no identity. It's a barracuda in "Jaws." This is politics. Nobody cares about fiddly technical definitions.