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In reply to the discussion: Jennifer Rubin: Why I dropped 'conservative' from my Twitter profile [View all]onetexan
(13,041 posts)5. conservatism to me is more of an unrealistic, unreachable ideal; now that the GOP is officially dead
rats are abandoning ship and left dazed & confused as to what happened to their party.
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Jennifer Rubin: Why I dropped 'conservative' from my Twitter profile [View all]
brooklynite
Sep 2020
OP
I wonder how many who made a living off of "conservatism" might actually be re-thinking
lagomorph777
Sep 2020
#1
conservatism to me is more of an unrealistic, unreachable ideal; now that the GOP is officially dead
onetexan
Sep 2020
#5
+1000! "Very few are willing to admit they were somebody else's useful idiot." n/t
Kind of Blue
Sep 2020
#47
Mississippi born Stuart Stevens has abandoned it totally, looks like Rubin has followed his lead.
Blue_true
Sep 2020
#36
This didn't just happen. Her "movement" hasn't been moving in the direction she thought...
Beartracks
Sep 2020
#50
Hey, sorry, I was meaning to Reply to the OP, forgot I was still viewing your post.
Beartracks
Sep 2020
#53
If you divorce the word "conservative" from the assholes who have been calling...
Silent3
Sep 2020
#7
personal responsibility in the US means I got mine, fuck you, go look for some bootstraps on yer own
Celerity
Sep 2020
#19
The phrase "personal responsibility" doesn't have to have that particular coded meaning...
Silent3
Sep 2020
#28
It was long ago weaponised in the US to the point it is no longer a useful concept there. nt
Celerity
Sep 2020
#29
"We are an inherently a selfish society", so... what? Give up on talking about it?
Silent3
Sep 2020
#64
Jennifer Rubin has always spoke out against Trump. It didn't take her 4 yrs to figure it out
tulipsandroses
Sep 2020
#24
She is still a huge fangirl of the underlying memes and modes of government that led to Trump.
Celerity
Sep 2020
#34
I'm glad to see this. "Conservative" no longer means any of the things "conservatives" used to ...
Hekate
Sep 2020
#9
I remember how she thought Mitt Romney was going to be an awesome President
RhodeIslandOne
Sep 2020
#12
The USA should probably have 4 parties (not counting Libertarian and Green)
LiberalLovinLug
Sep 2020
#15