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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
What you're saying, I think, is that caring about racism is not any part of conservatism, and that conservatives can follow their principles while supporting racists. I'm not sure why you think that's a defense of conservatives or conservatism.
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To be fair, this is how FDR passed the New Deal. And the liberal wing of the Democratic Party tut-tutted about anti-lynching legislation being blocked by Southern committee chairs, but weren’t bothered by it enough to do anything that might endanger their agenda.