The problem for American Conservatives ...

... who support Trump? Is always having to say you are sorry.

Is the left engaging in irresponsible rhetoric? Sure, but Trump...

That's the problem with "norm-breaking". When you break them, then nobody has to pay attention to them. Which is fine, when it is just you. Not so fun when it's the people you disagree with.

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Burnley123 · 41-45, M

I think its an interesting post because most SW Conservatives are Trump supporters but I believe that half of the people who voted for him have a more ambiguous attitude.

I'm interested; do you worry that the party of Buckley and Reagan faces an existential threat because of the Trump?

I'm not American and my politics are fundamentally different to yours but it does seem that American Conservatism is morphing into something else.

Xuan12 · 31-35, M

@Burnley123 It is. Even just a couple decades ago it was much different. The word conservative has lost what it used to mean.

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@Xuan12 Much as I don't like British Conservatives, I would take them any day over what you have in America.

Xuan12 · 31-35, M

@Burnley123 Our liberals are our conservatives, and our conservatives are a mix of isolationists, closeted socialists, neo-fascists, and people who haven't noticed the GOP abandoned them.

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@Xuan12 Sounds a bit on the harsh side but I don't disagree. I think most American liberals would be centrist by European standards but obviously, Trump supporters think they are Communists. Bernie supporters would be centre-left.