I keep hearing them say things like "oh, no, Trump isn't a real conservative, he's an insult to the true and honorable conservatives who helped make this nation great" But I think my brain is too functional to understand what point they're even getting at.

What possible meaningful definition of "conservative" includes the decades of shit ass doodoo ass Republicans but not Trump?

  • OgdenTO [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I also think part of it is the liberal (false) idea of separation of "social" vs "economic" politics. Many times people talk about "not real conservatives" economically, meaning responsible with finances, cutting fat, lowering taxes, efficient spending (I mean, all of this is actually at odds with "liberal" social program spending, but many of them do not see the relationship).

    So if Trump is spending out of control, making brash economic decisions, then he is not a real conservative, because conservative economics should be a certain way.

    But really it's just a dog whistle for incivility trolling.