#Conservatism

Brian Beutler

brianbeutler

This thread is sorta fatally undermined by the telling omission of race as a factor in the formation of the conservative movement, but I think it's narrowly right in its

Sturgeon's Law

Sturgeons_Law

Since this is very obviously about me saying that socialism and small-c conservatism aren't incompatible (which wasn't an endorsement of any particular configuration of the two) and citing Cohen as

Solomon Hughes

SolHughesWriter

(1)The real danger of "Blue Labour" approaches is they are a way to avoid offering material improvement to the supposed "Traditional Working Class" targets : the "We respect your culture"

Maya

StickyStats

1. @ewarren this is why I believe in you, and @JoeBiden why I think you should, too.I’m A #WarrenDemocrat, Here’s Why:Elizabeth Ann Warren was a Republican, for much of her

Hyon S Chu

hyonschu

The Progression of the Overton WindowMost discussions about the Overton Window neglect a critical factor: time. This is a critical notion that must be accounted for. If we do not,

Leo Hickman

LeoHickman

The Daily Express...Dec 2009 vs today Today's Daily Express really is something to behold (esp given the paper's 'previous' on climate change)..."We need to change our mindset…Over the coming months,

Joshua Tait

Joshua_A_Tait

Revisiting Richard Hofstadter's essay 'The Pseudo-Conservative Revolt' (1955). Here are the highlights of an essay that was in many ways prescient: (thread) Hofstadter sketches out a distinction between restrained conservatism

Andrew Needham

A_NeedhamNYU

Two things about this Paul Krugman column today and its historical argument.https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/opinion/republicans-democracy.html?smid=tw-share 1. I don't understand Krugman's reading of Hofstadter. Krugman suggests

Malcolm Fle✘

Malcolm_fleX48

Conservativism as we know it today is a movement based on a desire to return to Liberalism.True liberalismConservatism seeks to conserve the authority of govt and move back to the

Wokal Distance

wokal_distance

1/This is exactly what @jordanbpeterson addresses when he talks about "the call to adventure" and "fighting off dragons." and the entire elite class has opted ignore him, laugh, and hand

Matthew Sheffield

mattsheffield

Thread: Meaning and loss in American conservatismI've written a lot about how Christian supremacism (expressed and implicit) is the underlying objective of most Trump supporters but the psychology of American

Frank Bowman

FOBowman3

1/10 Those looking past Trump shld watch floor speech by Sen Josh Hawley @HawleyMO on Bostock opinion.https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4887276/user-clip-sen-hawley-speech-june-16-2020. For law nerds, headline is that Josh declares conservativ

Johnny Akzam

JohnnyAkzam

If my son is involved in a situation with friends, where they all get in trouble for doing the same thing, I am always more critical to my own son

Berny Belvedere

bernybelvedere

The most preposterous thing about this reply is it requires flattening conservatism into the person and work of Ben Shapiro."Oh, you have a problem with Ben? You must want to

Darren Mooney

Darren_Mooney

I find this fascinating. The logical thing to do would be to draw a line between those who are antisemitic and those who are not.The number of people who willingly

大和撫子

Based_Yumeko

This is peak MAGA jenkem momenthttps://twitter.com/fashigoy/status/1334007489134796800 Is this outright confession on groypers’ part that they are the true liberals? It’s known fact but okay. Second part sounds like pure projection,

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