#Conservatism

Dan McLaughlin

baseballcrank

A conservatism that is not against riots - unflinchingly, uncompromisingly, without reservation - has given up even trying to conserve anything. If you read the history of conservatives in the

Navid 🧢🇺🇸

NYCNavid

"Edmund Burke was both right and hard right. He was as in favor of the American Revolution as he was horrified by the French; he believed in pluralism, modest but

Jesse Kelly

JesseKellyDC

The Left calls you “fascist” because the Left fears fascism. Sadly, the monstrous fascist dictators were the most historically successful at stopping communism. I wish it wasn’t so. And I

Bill Kristol

BillKristol

Short thread.1. In a piece yesterday morning -- https://thebulwark.com/american-conservatism-b-1955-d-2020/ -- I suggested American conservatism might not be salvageable. The excerpts from Bob Woodward's book yesterday provided a new op

Venom Rach

SocialNomadRach

Ironically, you can show a girl breaking the shackles of oppressive conservatism without making her a stripper with extra steps. Some leftists, especially in media, have a very warped perception

Evan McMullin 🇺🇸

EvanMcMullin

Conservatism was co-opted as an ostensible ideological veneer for an authoritarian movement for the last five years, and perverted by others before that. If it's to be anything good, conservatism

James David Dickson

downi75

Which also makes the next 50 years interesting. The battle hasn't even been joined. If conservatism was ever re-imagined as a functional political idea, and not just remembrances of Bill

Survive the Jive

SurvivetheJive

Some say it is cringe to blame Puritans for modern liberalism. It is not cringe. It is correct. This paper provides some solid evidence that social conservatism in modern England

Neville 🇯🇲🇺🇸

FormerlyCBM

It's just my opinion of course, but the toughest position to hold on the right in the Trump era is the "he's not the devil and he's not the Chosen

Ryan Bourne

MrRBourne

Why should we believe that national conservatives can identify and use the power of government to enhance “the common good” when one of their favorite sons, Josh Hawley, has shown

David Roberts

drvolts

But that's the wrong way to think about it. The nationalism, anti-intellectualism, xenophobia, resentment, cruelty, & lust for authoritarianism did not, at some point, displace conservatism. They are simply what

Jedediah Bila

JedediahBila

I don’t know WTF has happened to a lot of the conservative movement. An all-powerful Congress that can overturn elections certified by states is now cool? Regurgitating lies from a

Helen Pluckrose

HPluckrose

Agreed. Consistently opposing illiberalism is important. But it's also OK to choose to fight one. The best people to focus on fighting Trumpism are ethical conservatives. The best people to

Garnett Genuis

GarnettGenuis

I believe that a key principle of conservatism is personal responsibility. Personal responsibility is about stepping up and doing what you can to create a better world, not sitting back

David Roberts

drvolts

I've got other things I ought to be doing ... so how about a thread? When I talk about what contemporary US conservatives are doing (to wit: being f'ing horrible),

Jessica Price

Delafina777

A few days ago I quoted Frank Wilhoit ("Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups

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