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user-inactivated  ·  3608 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why the Right Doesn't Win

I got through it, pointlessly.

You've indirectly provided evidence for my point, which is that modern Republicans are essentially libertarians, not conservatives.

EDIT: especially those under 30.





user-inactivated  ·  3608 days ago  ·  link  ·  

If the Republicans were serious libertarians they wouldn't be so enthusiastic about restricting sexual minorities, or regulating women's reproductive health. They've adopted libertarian iconography and rhetoric, but only because it sells better outside of their dwindling base than religious nuttery, dogwhistle racism and stodgy old paternalism.

user-inactivated  ·  3608 days ago  ·  link  ·  

There's a camp of young Republicans who aren't terribly serious about those things, as far as I can tell. It's a bit of a muddle. And then of course there's immigration.