Republican senators say they’re worried that conservative populism, though always a part of the GOP, is beginning to take over the party, becoming more radical and threatening to cause them signifi…

  • DarkGamer@kbin.socialOP
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    2 years ago

    The right has been pumping out disinformation and courting christofascists for decades in order to remain viable. You reap what you sow.

    • HubertManne@kbin.social
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      2 years ago

      I would disagree. The conservatives nowadays are not even conservative. Pre reagan republicans were way different than post reagan ones and even pre trump is different than post trump. The party is just nutters now.

        • soratoyuki@kbin.social
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          0
          ·
          2 years ago

          If you have to go back to the 50s to disprove the notion that there are no good conservatives, I feel like that’s a pretty good indication that there are no good conservatives.

          • DarkGamer@kbin.socialOP
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            edit-2
            2 years ago

            If they stayed in the party through The Trump years, through all the lies, gaslighting, irrationality, racism, scapegoating, boorishness, hostility, anti-intellectualism, misogyny, crime, opposition to democracy, and a failed insurrection… they’re not conservative, they’re radical right.