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Originally Posted by SEC_Chick
The problem I see here is that many of you use the term conservative to refer to wings in the GOP coalition that are not conservative. I maintain that Trump is not conservative, though I admit that you’d have to be delusional to think that a GOP cleansed of all populist influences is larger than half a dozen white guys.
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You fly with the wings you're given.
The problem is, there are very few conservatives left. We have two classically liberal, interventionist parties. And this use of interventionist is not limited to foreign policy. I mean in the classic sense of seeking to intervene in everything they can, from the bedroom to the bathroom to North Korea.
They only differ in terms of targets and goals. Progressives/liberals are more benign because they err on the side of tolerance. Conservatives long ago conceded this ground, choosing imposition of narrow moralities of the moment over "mind your own business" and "live and let live."
