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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWe should call Republicans reactionary NOT conservative.
Jennifer Rubin described it well years ago:
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blm
(114,020 posts)when they gained control of the Republican Party over the last 2 decades.
sanatanadharma
(4,074 posts)Regressives!
Devolving karmic trajectory humans choosing to act in ways that guaranty the result being their future uncomfortable circumstances
Meanwhile, the 'woke' seek to elevate the higher potential of humanity in all people, not the few selected. They are the individuals moving progressively towards a better life.
Some self-identities are built upon the egoic recognition of enemies.
For others, self-identity is recognized by building friendships.
k8conant
(3,037 posts)That'll work.
elleng
(138,724 posts)Been saying for years, nothing 'conservative' about them.
Glad to see Jennifer Rubin said it.
elleng
(138,724 posts)niyad
(122,596 posts)Tumbulu
(6,507 posts)is far more polite.
Iggo
(48,730 posts)LostOne4Ever
(9,629 posts)Racists
Homo/trans-phobes
Sexists
Misogynists
Bigots
Reactionaries
Bootlickers
Regressionists
Dominionist
Theonomist
American Taliban/ISIS
But in the end they are all:
NAZI WANNABE FASCIST ASSHOLES!
I will fight these lowlifes at every turn!!!
k8conant
(3,037 posts)
Emile
(33,052 posts)and running up debt. What blows me away is people thinking republicans are better with the economy.
JHB
(37,602 posts)...and encouraging as many people as possible to embrace that word as their identity. You can't invite everybody to stay at your house and then say "Oh, no, those people aren't with us" when you're embarrassed about your previous bedfellows pissing out the windows.
Rubin fairly gets credit for being one of the people who spent years dismissing those people as a small fringe but finally realizing that she and people like her were the actual fringe group, but she still can't deal with how much of this was being put into place years, decades ago while she was still having warm fuzzy thoughts about her movement.
Add to that: Get real. This is the United States. Nobody but lefties and intellectuals know the meaning of the word "reactionary" in this context. It has no impact, no resonance, no identity. It's a barracuda in "Jaws." This is politics. Nobody cares about fiddly technical definitions.