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pretzel4gore

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2. Exactly.

Reply to LBM20 (Original post)

Sun Oct 21, 2018, 08:43 AM

Oct 2018

The term 'Republican' too.... the nazipoohs KNOW rightwing exposes them (as pro privilege, anti need) for what they really are- greed driven liars

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Can we please stop calling them "Conservative"? They are Radical Right Wingers. [View all] LBM20 Oct 2018 OP

Reactionaries Vogon_Glory Oct 2018 #1

They are fascists. olegramps Oct 2018 #34

Exactly. pretzel4gore Oct 2018 #2

I always say you can't spell conservative with out the CON liberal N proud Oct 2018 #3

Democrats are the real small c conservatives DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2018 #4

I hear you! and you are correct FakeNoose Oct 2018 #13

Along with.... KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2018 #17

Truth to statement, but not terminology. Conservative is a real thing Hortensis Oct 2018 #20

Edmund Burke is the father of small c conservatism. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2018 #24

good point! & Republicans are the definition of the noun "conservative" Sunlei Oct 2018 #37

I think that all the time Ohiogal Oct 2018 #5

I just call them assholes Major Nikon Oct 2018 #6

US-ISIS/American Taliban. Dangerous extremists. n/t CousinIT Oct 2018 #7

Exactly. Chickensoup Oct 2018 #9

the Republican controled government allows children to be ripped from moms- I call them Sunlei Oct 2018 #38

I agree. The ideology they practice doesn't resemble classic Conservatism in the US politics sense. Dennis Donovan Oct 2018 #8

I'm a "conservative", in that I think rapid change, however intentioned, itself causes harm Recursion Oct 2018 #10

I call them Russian Repugs or right wing extremists. lark Oct 2018 #11

they are fascists by every definition. nt elmac Oct 2018 #12

Couldn't agree more.. mountain grammy Oct 2018 #14

I respectfully disagree. The time has come that we need to make "Conservatives" a horrible word mtnsnake Oct 2018 #15

No, they are neo-Fascists vlyons Oct 2018 #16

They are certainly not fiscal conservatives. MarvinGardens Oct 2018 #18

Another fine English word they've captured like a bandit and adulterated. KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2018 #19

I agree. How can we stop them from hi-jacking a term we need... LAS14 Oct 2018 #21

Yes, you are correct, they are Radical Regressives bucolic_frolic Oct 2018 #22

They are Sadists cutroot Oct 2018 #23

The radical right wingers are being held up by old school conservatives. WeekiWater Oct 2018 #25

*** Regressives *** Regressives *** Regressives *** zaj Oct 2018 #26

Maybe so but DownriverDem Oct 2018 #27

No, I call "them"-Republicans, includes radical RWingers like their 'proud-boy nazis' Sunlei Oct 2018 #28

I think the last conservative went down, when Susan Collins fell. nt Honeycombe8 Oct 2018 #29

N A I L E D I T ! ! ! ! ! pdsimdars Oct 2018 #30

I Like to Refer to Them as Wing Nuts dlk Oct 2018 #31

White Supremacists. Johnny2X2X Oct 2018 #32

Using Radical Right Wingers makes it sound like there are normal conservatives. Autumn Oct 2018 #33

True DU story: a couple of years ago, I suggested we start calling Rs "radicals." stopbush Oct 2018 #35

Reactionary, Racist, Fear Mongering, Scapegoating, Militaristic, Religious co-opting (christian)... Thomas Hurt Oct 2018 #36

I simply call them Self-Servatives. End_Electoral Oct 2018 #39

+1 Power 2 the People Oct 2018 #40

Been saying it for years. They're regressive troglodytes. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2018 #41

use a more definitive term - like dittoheads, because it identifies the major cause certainot Oct 2018 #42