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LBM20

(1,580 posts)
Sun Mar 4, 2018, 08:06 AM Mar 2018

The word "conservative" needs to be killed dead forever as we discuss today's GOP. [View all]

Message framing! Progressives/Democrats usually stink at it, and the perfect example is the insistence on using "conservative" to describe Trump and today's GOP members.

They are not "conservative."

They are "Right Wing." They are "Right Wing Radicals." They are "Right Wing Extremists."

Pick one. But they are certainly not "conservative." Eisenhower was "conservative." George H.W. Bush was "conservative."
Commentators David Brooks and George Will are "conservative." But not Trump and not the overwhelming bulk of today's GOP politicians, and not their tribal followers.

Enough of the lame, outdated, outmoded, and very weak use of "conservative" to describe today's GOP.

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Corporatist Reactionaries, who parctice "Trickle "On" Econmics chuckstevens Mar 2018 #1
Exactly: "Right Wing Radicals" or "Right Wing Extremists." CurtEastPoint Mar 2018 #2
Thank you. I have been preaching the same for awhile. Trust Buster Mar 2018 #3
Meghan McCain keeps yammering on self-righteously about "conservative values." betsuni Mar 2018 #4
Conservatives have always been about maintaining marylandblue Mar 2018 #5
another is calling them the 'gop' nt RandiFan1290 Mar 2018 #6
I was in North Georgia recently greymattermom Mar 2018 #7
Regressives Martin Eden Mar 2018 #8
Anarchists Roy Rolling Mar 2018 #9
GOP no longer "conservative," yes; HOWEVER, personality is forever. Hortensis Mar 2018 #10
Well analyzed and well written. +1. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2018 #13
for 30 yrs it's been the party of limbaugh- who leads 300 think tank scripted idiots and liars certainot Mar 2018 #11
This! nt HootieMcBoob Mar 2018 #19
Nope. Kill the words "Republican" & GOP. Weld the brands to Trump brand. Keep them glued together Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2018 #12
A blogger named "Rack Jite" coined a new name for them TxVietVet Mar 2018 #14
They are fascists. It's silly to pretend otherwise. dawg Mar 2018 #15
I had a PoliSci professor who told a class.... lastlib Mar 2018 #16
No, as far as I'm concerned DAngelo136 Mar 2018 #17
You are, of course, exactly right. Still In Wisconsin Mar 2018 #18
I use Reich-Wing... Grins Mar 2018 #20
Today's Republicans are not CONSERVATIVE....... ProudMNDemocrat Mar 2018 #21
Neo-feudalists ThoughtCriminal Mar 2018 #22
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