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Thursday, 19 April 2018
quote [ The centrist Pennsylvania Republican was already part of a record number of GOP lawmakers who weren't running for re-election in November, but on Tuesday Dent announced he would step down soon. ]
Too bad - he's actually a decent sort congressman, works with all sides, and pretty sane in in policies. I'm of the mindset that we actually need conservatism as a counterpart to liberalism to make our system work correctly. Although we don't need the racist, crazy variety we are stuck with at the moment.
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dolemite said @ 4:48pm GMT on 19th April
The variety of conservatism we are stuck with right now seldom looks like actual conservatism. It looks a lot more like authoritarianism (and in some cases fascism) hiding inside the conservative brand while it waits hopefully for the general populace to finish forgetting why authoritarianism and fascism are bad things.
Anyone who calls themselves ultra-conservative or hard-right is ignorant of where conservatism sits (and especially of where it ends) on the political spectrum.
dolemite said @ 4:57pm GMT on 19th April
The variety of conservatism we are stuck with right now seldom looks like actual conservatism. It looks a lot more like authoritarianism (and in some cases fascism) hiding inside the conservative brand while it waits hopefully for the general populace to finish forgetting why authoritarianism and fascism are bad things.
Anyone who calls themselves ultra-conservative or hard-right is ignorant of where conservatism sits (and especially of where it ends) on the political spectrum.
To your point though, yeah, it's sad to lose another one from the apparently dwindling supply of remaining actual conservatives. At the very least it taints the political experiment to let farther-right ideologies stand in conservatism's place.
dolemite said @ 8:35pm GMT on 19th April
The variety of conservatism we are stuck with at the moment seldom looks like actual conservatism. It looks a lot more like authoritarianism (and in some cases facism) hiding inside the conservative brand while it waits hopefully for the general populace to finish forgetting why authoritarianism and fascism are bad things.
Anyone who calls themselves ultra-conservative or hard-right is ignorant of where conservatism sits (and especially of where it ends) on the political spectrum.
To your point though, yeah, it's sad to lose another one from the apparently dwindling supply of remaining actual conservatives. At the very least it taints the political experiment to let farther-right ideologies stand in conservatism's place.
dolemite said @ 8:35pm GMT on 19th April
The variety of conservatism we are stuck with at the moment seldom looks like actual conservatism. It looks a lot more like authoritarianism (and in some cases facism) hiding inside the conservative brand while it waits hopefully for the general populace to finish forgetting why authoritarianism and facism are bad things.
Anyone who calls themselves ultra-conservative or hard-right is ignorant of where conservatism sits (and especially of where it ends) on the political spectrum.
To your point though, yeah, it's sad to lose another one from the apparently dwindling supply of remaining actual conservatives. At the very least it taints the political experiment to let farther-right ideologies stand in conservatism's place.
dolemite said @ 8:37pm GMT on 19th April
The variety of conservatism we are stuck with at the moment seldom looks like actual conservatism. It looks a lot more like authoritarianism (and in some cases fascism) hiding inside the conservative brand while it waits hopefully for the general populace to finish forgetting why authoritarianism and fascism are bad things.
Anyone who calls themselves ultra-conservative or hard-right is ignorant of where conservatism sits (and especially of where it ends) on the political spectrum.
To your point though, yeah, it's sad to lose another one from the apparently dwindling supply of remaining actual conservatives. At the very least it taints the political experiment to let farther-right ideologies stand in conservatism's place.
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dolemite said @ 4:48pm GMT on 19th April
The variety of conservatism we are stuck with at the moment seldom looks like actual conservatism. It looks a lot more like authoritarianism (and in some cases fascism) hiding inside the conservative brand while it waits hopefully for the general populace to finish forgetting why authoritarianism and fascism are bad things.
Anyone who calls themselves ultra-conservative or hard-right is ignorant of where conservatism sits (and especially of where it ends) on the political spectrum.
To your point though, yeah, it's sad to lose another one from the apparently dwindling supply of remaining actual conservatives. At the very least it taints the political experiment to let farther-right ideologies stand in conservatism's place.
