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comment by kleinbl00
kleinbl00  ·  2099 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: North Korea making 'rapid' upgrades to nuclear research site

Tribalism has trumped tradition. It's no longer about the policies you support, it's about beating the other guy.





b_b  ·  2099 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You would have thought that if there were one group who was refractory to that type of thinking, it would be the people whose main professed interest is in keeping America and its allies safe. I guess even that was bullshit all along.

kleinbl00  ·  2099 days ago  ·  link  ·  

something something Prescott Bush something something Nazis

mk  ·  2099 days ago  ·  link  ·  

American conservatism differs from European conservatism in that there is no theory behind it.

tacocat  ·  2098 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I believe American conservatism's operating theory is "Fuck you."

mk  ·  2098 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hey now, only if it's in their interests.

tacocat  ·  2098 days ago  ·  link  ·  
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mk  ·  2098 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Not evil in the bad intentions sense, just good intentions for themselves alone. Exceptionalism and ambivalence. Can look like evil in practice, like in the incarceration of brown children, but different and more guilt-free.

tacocat  ·  2098 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I had to delete that comment. My markdown skills are rusty. And now I've italicized everything on my user page

user-inactivated  ·  2098 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I feel like it's no longer just or correct to call whatever's the Republican party doing "conservatism".