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Bernardo de La Paz

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3. Given current craven state of US conservatism, I'm fine with them calling a sexist racist a "conservative"

Reply to judy (Original post)

Fri Sep 12, 2025, 12:16 PM

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Given the way Ailes, Gingrich, Limbaugh and tRump have warped conservatism and polarized political discourse, "conservative" has considerable overlap with "racist" and "misogynist" these days.

True conservatives have shut up or been shut up.

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Charlie Kirk was not a "conservative" [View all] judy Yesterday OP

The terms and definitions seem to be changing leftstreet Yesterday #1

He was a russian paid fascist cult leader, one of many in this dumb and dumber country. nt ImNotGod Yesterday #2

Nonsense. You can post no credible evidence for your claim of Russian pay. You can do better Bernardo de La Paz Yesterday #4

+1 leftstreet Yesterday #6

Given current craven state of US conservatism, I'm fine with them calling a sexist racist a "conservative" Bernardo de La Paz Yesterday #3

Well, in the way he conned his followers, mwmisses4289 Yesterday #5

He was an disinfo-tainer. Johonny Yesterday #7

Turning Point USA is funded by billionaires biocube Yesterday #8

Well that is the same as most of the republican politicians and their supporters and the media Bev54 Yesterday #9

In the US the conservatives are extremists JI7 Yesterday #10

Jesus would say I never knew you Blue Full Moon Yesterday #11