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In reply to the discussion: Can we stop calling Trump Cultists "Conservatives"? [View all]TBF
(33,358 posts)24. maybe not conservatives - but the republican party has been taken over by them
Last edited Fri Apr 19, 2024, 09:23 PM - Edit history (1)
and it's about time they own it.
We've got lots of well-off Texans here in the suburbs in Houston who will profess in conversation that they don't really care for Trump, but when push comes to shove they are at the ballot box voting for him. So, I don't have a lot of grace for this perspective. They are going to have a heck of a time revamping their party after this, and I'm not helping them do it.
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I prefer the word "reactionary". "radical", from "radis", basically means getting
niyad
Apr 2024
#57
I once posed a question to a number of folks who called themselves conservatives....
lastlib
Apr 2024
#7
One of the John Birch Society founders was the guy that owned the makers of Junior Mints.
spike jones
Apr 2024
#23
Absolutely. But MEDIA won't. WE DEMOCRATS ARE THE TRUE CONSERVATIVES. We're conserving
ancianita
Apr 2024
#25
Conservatives are constantly trying to end democracy by blocking people's access to voting
Blues Heron
Apr 2024
#55
Reality check... definitions do change. The R right (conservatives) aren't what they were
Model35mech
Apr 2024
#59