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Roland99

(53,342 posts)
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 08:33 PM Aug 2017

"The Alt-Right is not conservative". New defense from the racists

Complete and utter BS! !

The entirety of the Republican party owns this. This is their trademark now. Esp since white supremacists are at the highest levels of this admin, including Der Twitler himself

And remember how the warnings were criticized by the party???

Republicans Blasted Obama Administration For Warning About Right-Wing Domestic Terrorism

ANNIE-ROSE STRASSER
AUG 7, 2012, 2:25 PM
https://thinkprogress.org/republicans-blasted-obama-administration-for-warning-about-right-wing-domestic-terrorism-de556496606c/


Edit: another thing I meant to add. The utter hypocrisy coming from these cretins. They paint all Muslims as terrorists but balk at being lumped in with their Aryan brethren??? G M A F B

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"The Alt-Right is not conservative". New defense from the racists (Original Post) Roland99 Aug 2017 OP
Technically, I agree, but not in any way they'd appreciate DFW Aug 2017 #1
Their brand of conservative is a vile debasement. ALEC, Federalists, KKK, evangelicals... Roland99 Aug 2017 #2
Yes, been saying this for years, nothing 'conservative' about these 'people,' elleng Aug 2017 #3
Agree 100%... SharonClark Aug 2017 #5
Then what are they, then? Initech Aug 2017 #4
You mean like Joe Scarborough who says repeatedly that Trump is a Democrat? SharonClark Aug 2017 #6

DFW

(54,426 posts)
1. Technically, I agree, but not in any way they'd appreciate
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 08:48 PM
Aug 2017

Not only are their extremists not conservative, the whole Republican Party, along with their propaganda arms, Fox "News" and National Hate Radio, aren't conservative, either.

"Conservative" is a concept that implies an aversion to rash action, caution in making decisions, and acts that are based on sound, thought-out reasoning, risk-averse. Does that sound like any Republicans you know?

I have been working for the same outfit for 43 years, been with the same woman for 43 years, raised two children who we successfully taught to earn their own way, decide their own careers, and support themselves. I have no debts, do no drugs (not even nicotine or alcohol), and dislike making decisions without having had the chance to think them out first. In other words, I'm conservative--at least as defined in English. Republicanese defines it differently, it seems, but it still doesn't automatically make them "conservative" just because Fox Noise says so. National Hate Radio is NOT "conservative" radio just because the Washington Times says so.

You can wade out into the ocean as far as you want. That still doesn't make you a fish.

"Fascist" does not equal "conservative" in any language I know.

Roland99

(53,342 posts)
2. Their brand of conservative is a vile debasement. ALEC, Federalists, KKK, evangelicals...
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 08:57 PM
Aug 2017

They ALL relish in this normalization of their deep-seated racism inherent in them all

Then they claim we demonize them by lumping them in with these Nazis. We can't demonize them. They're already demons

elleng

(131,043 posts)
3. Yes, been saying this for years, nothing 'conservative' about these 'people,'
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 09:00 PM
Aug 2017

including today's run of the mill repugs.

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