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The Velveteen Ocelot

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2. Both. They stand for being assholes.

Reply to tenderfoot (Original post)

Wed Jul 29, 2020, 02:11 PM

Jul 2020

"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." - John Kenneth Galbraith

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Do Conservatives actually stand for anything or are they just ASSHOLES? [View all] tenderfoot Jul 2020 OP

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Both. They stand for being assholes. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #2

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