The nature of conservatism lends itself to racism. Because at the core, what they are trying to conserve is hierarchy: social hierarchy, class hierarchy, gender hierarchy, religious hierarchy, and racial hierarchies.
To generalize further, you will usually find two types of racism within conservatism. The "polite", "Country Club", "Behind closed doors" racists and the open screaming loud in your face Neo-Confederate Nazis. The former group will almost convince themselves that they aren't racist because they aren't actively screaming the N-word or openly discriminating against minorities, but scratch the surface and the toxic poison comes out.
Those people are, in some ways, worse, because they deceive themselves even while committing atrocities.
THIS is the leadership we get when we vote for old white politicians who are stuck in the past. And anyone who opposes their racist views don’t seem to win sadly. I would think that lied when they took their oaths seriously (see the extreme Supremes) to uphold the Constitution including civil and women’s rights.
We all know some people are paid to have short memories.
I feel like I'm crazy because I distinctly remember that Reagan kicked off his campaign in Philadelphia, Mississippi which has special symbolism. He rode the "welfare queen" thing with Lee Atwater's guidance to overwhelming victory!
Same. Reagan was a bad president, and bad for America, and trump is worse. Reagan wasn't a pedo, so he's better than trump in two ways - not a pedo, and not a tariff lover. Otherwise, he wasn't just not great, he was awful.
Good lord, I thought Reagan’s use of the term “welfare queen“ was thoroughly racist enough.
Consider too all the terrible meddling the Reagan administration did in Central America. Gruesome.
"...the street where Ronnie lived was just as racist as Trump’s." Roger that.
That last paragraph *chef’s kiss*
The nature of conservatism lends itself to racism. Because at the core, what they are trying to conserve is hierarchy: social hierarchy, class hierarchy, gender hierarchy, religious hierarchy, and racial hierarchies.
To generalize further, you will usually find two types of racism within conservatism. The "polite", "Country Club", "Behind closed doors" racists and the open screaming loud in your face Neo-Confederate Nazis. The former group will almost convince themselves that they aren't racist because they aren't actively screaming the N-word or openly discriminating against minorities, but scratch the surface and the toxic poison comes out.
Those people are, in some ways, worse, because they deceive themselves even while committing atrocities.
THIS is the leadership we get when we vote for old white politicians who are stuck in the past. And anyone who opposes their racist views don’t seem to win sadly. I would think that lied when they took their oaths seriously (see the extreme Supremes) to uphold the Constitution including civil and women’s rights.
We all know some people are paid to have short memories.
I feel like I'm crazy because I distinctly remember that Reagan kicked off his campaign in Philadelphia, Mississippi which has special symbolism. He rode the "welfare queen" thing with Lee Atwater's guidance to overwhelming victory!
Aaaargh!
Damn. I guessed "dementia". Well, that's three things.
Same. Reagan was a bad president, and bad for America, and trump is worse. Reagan wasn't a pedo, so he's better than trump in two ways - not a pedo, and not a tariff lover. Otherwise, he wasn't just not great, he was awful.
Worst president of my lifetime, after 45/47. Worse than Bush even.
That Reagan probably sports a goatee.
The darkest timeline, who rolled a one?