You can avoid getting hoodwinked like this in the future by remembering that modern conservatism has no universal principles. Whether they're for or against something depends entirely on who the beneficiary/victim is
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James Downie
Nobody could have predicted this:
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They've since successfully pared down their principles to just one: tribalism. "My side can do whatever it wants."
There must be in-groups whom the law protectes but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect." ~Frank Wilhoit
https://crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/liberals-against-progressives/#comment-729288
"People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices." -- Adam Smith
They retreat to the "peace and love" hippie ones when they run out of patriot/"anti-woke" ones and never stop to think about the contradiction.
Their only ethos is "exert power". And they are incredibly consistent in that regard.
Everything they say and day is in service of that ethos.
Their only interest is to exert power. Being in power is not a means; it is the end goal.
For Democrats, the greatest evil is ignoring norms. For gop, it's not being in power.
Today, however, it seems she’s less interested in the sport and has taken to ignoring the tradition of maintaining ball’s position.”
Republicans: if they speak at all, deported!!!
The stuff Republicans say frequently sounds great. But that's not what they do.
Republican Jesus: Ban free school lunches. No hand outs. Not our fault your Mom couldn't find a quality place of work after her pregnancy.
"We believe in the 1A [as long as it supports our conservative goals.]"
"We believe in the free market [as long as it supports our conservative goals.]"
At this point, though we actually see progressives in a conservative position,