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Somewhere in the USA, there are probably a few sincere conservatives who are smarting from having their words being deemed ‘racist’ by others. Some of them honestly think of themselves as non-racist, or even (passively) anti-racist because they reject...
by AChris
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on Tue Apr 02, 2024 at 12:41 PM PDT
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One of the best films on American history is without doubt Steven Spielberg's 2012 film “Lincoln.” I am sure most of the readers of this site have seen the film at least once, if not multiple times. Many, I am also sure, can easily recall their...
by Sinai
46 comments
on Fri Feb 16, 2024 at 02:07 PM PST
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Conservative Voices: Ross Douthat - Trump apologist; Bret Stephens - full panic mode; David Brooks.. The New York Times has a stable of regular opinion writers to present a range of views. This not unreasonable in normal times, when people may have differing opinions but still share some common values and assumptions. That is no longer the case in...
by xaxnar
175 comments
on Sat Jan 13, 2024 at 09:13 AM PST
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Hello, *Takes a deep breath* “Godsdamned conservative (&//%(/) & z8( FRACKIN’ ( &%$§ U U(ß0) DIRTY (U365uU($ LIARS!” Oh my, and how we are outraged at that and their dissembling. They lie about their wealth and they lie about their poverty, they lie...
by KLWhite
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on Thu Jan 11, 2024 at 12:55 AM PST
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Just a reminder to today’s American conservatives: You really haven’t changed much since the Civil War, if at all. Your dishonesty, hypocrisy, and projection are as transparent as ever. America’s Texas was built by illegal white American immigrants...
by jmdincali
28 comments
on Thu Dec 28, 2023 at 11:34 AM PST
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While I was writing about the travails of online dating for conservatives, one stat stood out: “Looking at the 2022 midterm election exit polls , married women voted 56-42 for Republicans, while ...
by kos
414 comments
on Fri Dec 22, 2023 at 12:00 PM PST
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The Air Force disciplined 15 service members for poor performance in the Jack Texeira case, which is reasonable. However, from what I have read, it is possible Texeira case analogs are going to reoccur like school shootings, due to conservative...
by spn09
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on Mon Dec 11, 2023 at 09:50 PM PST
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I was both excited and concerned about our plans to meet a couple we hadn’t seen in 8-ish years. About 25 years ago, the couple had instantly connected with my wife and me, because our two kids were the same age as their two kids, the kids had lots of...
by rmartin1241
167 comments
on Tue Dec 12, 2023 at 08:55 PM PST
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The Washington Post ran an illuminating story on Sunday titled, “ In a swing Wisconsin county, everyone is tired of politics .”
A more honest headline would’ve been, “In a swing Wisconsin ...
by kos
130 comments
on Tue Nov 21, 2023 at 08:20 AM PST
with 267 Recommends
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has had Donald Trump's number from the beginning. During her 2016 presidential campaign against him, she was one of the first major political figures to ...
by Hunter
302 comments
on Fri Oct 06, 2023 at 01:40 PM PDT
with 168 Recommends
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Conservatism has been around for thousands of years. We’ve only been talking about politics in terms of left vs right since the French Assembly of 1789, but the ideology of the right has been with us at least since the first city-states. And the common...
by diomedes77
37 comments
on Sat Aug 19, 2023 at 09:45 AM PDT
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Female support for Republican candidates is dropping in direct relation to increased conservative efforts to deny them their rights. Republicans should’ve romped in the 2022 midterm elections ...
by kos
302 comments
on Tue Aug 15, 2023 at 02:10 PM PDT
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The business of the news media is to bring us truth and the latest news. Certain media outlets repeatedly tell you that they have the only truth and that you must watch them. When I hear that, I hear ‘propaganda’. Various religions make the same claim....
by iarnstein
8 comments
on Thu Aug 10, 2023 at 07:55 PM PDT
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Ronald Regan is responsible for homelessness. In his 8 years as California governor and 8 years as President of the United States he was responsible for over 2000 changes to laws and administrative rules to make them more conservative. Getting rid of...
by blakehoo
12 comments
on Sat Aug 05, 2023 at 04:32 AM PDT
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It’s not breaking news; we all know this already. Oxford defines “cult” as “a system of religious veneration and devotion directed toward a particular figure or object.” And by all ...
by kos
427 comments
on Wed Jul 12, 2023 at 11:00 AM PDT
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Here’s a musing for my own purposes, as a way to better clarify my thinking. Perhaps some others might find it useful or amusing. My conservative friends think I'm a liberal, my liberal friends think I’m kind of conservative. For the most part, I’m...
by dlsamson
30 comments
on Mon Jul 03, 2023 at 11:57 AM PDT
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A Twitter user who uses the name “Catturd” is one of Elon Musk's favorite right-wing accounts. His public adoration has helped to boost Catturd to nearly two million followers on the otherwise dwindling social media platform. As with much of the...
by kos
170 comments
on Tue Jun 20, 2023 at 01:22 PM PDT
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You and I know that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia is about as bad as Republicans can get. There might be dumber (Reps. Paul Gosar and Lauren Boebert are strong contenders), but few can ...
by kos
228 comments
on Tue Jun 06, 2023 at 06:00 AM PDT
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Our culture has passed conservatism by. Stuck in their old, bigoted, uncompromising ways, conservatives are ill-equipped to handle our society’s accelerated progress toward tolerance and acceptance. Indeed, it was just 20 years ago that the idea of...
by kos
192 comments
on Mon May 29, 2023 at 11:36 AM PDT
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This morning, Fox and Friends host, Will Cain, asked Ron DeSantis about the timing of his presidential aspirations. "Most of the people that support you probably voted for President Trump twice. And the first comment I hear over and over again is, "Why...
by TheCriticalMind
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on Mon May 29, 2023 at 03:43 PM PDT
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