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Atticus

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Mon Jan 30, 2023, 05:55 PM Jan 2023

I understand that some members of the deceased Republican party are beginning to whine about [View all]

how they're being treated at restaurants, airports and other public places. They have complained that they are being "discriminated against" because of their "conservative views". The problem is not with their "conservatism"; it's with their FASCISM.

They have perverted conservatism so profoundly that the word now means something not at all like what it did a couple of decades ago. I have never agreed with much that true conservatives stood for and I have seriously disliked many of them. But, I never HATED them before these last several years.

Nowadays, "conservatism" is simply a label many have co-opted because it sounds much better than "fascist" or "racist" or "bigot" or "misogynist" or "homophobe" or some other more accurate descriptor of the cowardly thuggish scum they are.

Liz Cheney is a conservative. Adam Kinziger is a conservative.

If anyone is harassing them in public, they are likely wearing red caps.

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I agree. I've often disagreed with traditional conservatives Ocelot II Jan 2023 #1
Absolutely! Mopar151 Jan 2023 #43
And Obama was too black alfredo Jan 2023 #51
Not a drop of "slave blood"! Mopar151 Jan 2023 #53
That was what sets Obama apart, the pain of slavery wasn't passed on to him. alfredo Jan 2023 #55
"I don't cower well!". The Man. nt Mopar151 Feb 2023 #56
I don't kneel for anybody, real or imagined. alfredo Feb 2023 #58
They'd better get used to it. FalloutShelter Jan 2023 #2
Unfortunately, not deceased. They are diseased, though, at least mentally... Wounded Bear Jan 2023 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author doc03 Jan 2023 #4
I just read on MSN a customer confronted Tucker in a fly fishing shop doc03 Jan 2023 #5
I remember a cartoon I used to have on my wall, dating to Raygun's first term-- lastlib Jan 2023 #6
Nowadays it needs to be said in reverse order FakeNoose Jan 2023 #9
I dont think they have changed quakerboy Jan 2023 #30
A return to public shaming....about time! It's one thing to have a conservative view point... dutch777 Jan 2023 #7
These mfers attempted a coup d'etat and made half the population into third-class citizens. Sky Jewels Jan 2023 #8
Conservatism, selfishness samething. Yes, they are now fascist. nt Hotler Jan 2023 #10
You reap what you sow. phoenix75 Jan 2023 #11
I may have disagreed with them, but never questioned their loyalty to the country or democracy... paleotn Jan 2023 #12
so.. the party that made behind the back deals with Iran to take the presidency quakerboy Jan 2023 #31
Those same "deals with the devil" were done by Democratic administrations as well. paleotn Jan 2023 #35
Point stands quakerboy Jan 2023 #42
I first read the title as "diseased" party. But both work. niyad Jan 2023 #13
Karma NowISeetheLight Jan 2023 #14
agree, we should say "you taught us well". Hamlette Jan 2023 #20
hmm.....seems to me E. Normus Jan 2023 #15
They are the very same people who publish addresses of women's health care niyad Jan 2023 #16
REALLY good point. Scrivener7 Jan 2023 #22
These "New" republicans DENVERPOPS Jan 2023 #17
"In the Year 2525" by Zager & Evans WestMichRad Jan 2023 #32
LOL DENVERPOPS Jan 2023 #39
The issue still stems from the very notion of "Conservatism". Caliman73 Jan 2023 #54
The pols that supported the insurrection are traitors not conservative. PufPuf23 Jan 2023 #18
Also because of their abject stupidity. I listened to one in a deli the other day, Scrivener7 Jan 2023 #19
I keep saying that it is a pity that breathing is an autonomic function. niyad Jan 2023 #34
Lol! Scrivener7 Jan 2023 #38
One of his buddies has to poke him now and then! Mopar151 Feb 2023 #57
Nt Marcuse Jan 2023 #21
If they are being discriminated in a restaurant it is likely because they are too vocal in public. LiberalFighter Jan 2023 #23
Take a look at the 1956 Republican platform to see how fked-up they've become. OMGWTF Jan 2023 #24
I've witnessed an inlaw groom his son into being a racist. SleeplessinSoCal Jan 2023 #25
Nailed it republianmushroom Jan 2023 #26
After the rich got their tax cuts and Soviet Communism fell... Yavin4 Jan 2023 #27
We know they don't love America randr Jan 2023 #28
So where do they go from here? housecat Jan 2023 #29
It's not like you can have a rational conversation with them vlyons Jan 2023 #33
CORRECT Skittles Jan 2023 #36
Could it be their rude behavior? usonian Jan 2023 #37
Well said. That distinction between conservatism and fascism needs to be screamed from rooftops. FlyingPiggy Jan 2023 #40
Except that conservatives have always encouraged those "other types" to identify as conservative JHB Jan 2023 #41
Resistance to change defines them. They'll die first before admitting their wrong. czarjak Jan 2023 #44
The same guys who showed a "Liberal Hunting License" are now NameAlreadyTaken Jan 2023 #45
The Republican party is deceased, markodochartaigh Jan 2023 #46
Perfectly stated Atticus. CaptainTruth Jan 2023 #47
They are not Conservatives. They are Reactionaries. raging moderate Jan 2023 #48
At this moment in time I feel more "conservative" than the Qpublicans. Zilli Jan 2023 #49
It's always projection with the GOP. Beartracks Jan 2023 #50
You forgot "liars." wryter2000 Jan 2023 #52
They wear it as a badge of honor Tickle Feb 2023 #59
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