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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsConservatism: the intense fear that somewhere, somehow, someone you think is inferior is being treat
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Conservatism: the intense fear that somewhere, somehow, someone you think is inferior is being treated as your equal.
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Conservatism: the intense fear that somewhere, somehow, someone you think is inferior is being treat (Original Post)
applegrove
Aug 2023
OP
I would hate living in a world so narrow, so devoid of diversity....so pale gray!
PortTack
Aug 2023
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That is the driving force of conservatism. If a woman, a latino, a black, a gay, a trans person can function in society as well (or better) as a white guy, the the right thinks those folks must be crushed.
Bottom line- conservatives are terrified of competition.
PortTack
(35,820 posts)2. I would hate living in a world so narrow, so devoid of diversity....so pale gray!
calimary
(90,010 posts)4. Fear of competition.
Doesnt seem very Free-Enterprise-American, does it?
Beartracks
(14,591 posts)6. Conservatives hate the invisible hand of the free market when...
... it's the free market of IDEAS being talked about.
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ExWhoDoesntCare
(4,741 posts)7. That's what happens when America has had white boy
Affirmative action for centuries.
Celerity
(54,404 posts)3. snapshot

applegrove
(132,207 posts)5. Thanks.
wishstar
(5,829 posts)8. and that any perceived benefits allowed to others takes away from your wealth and privilege