Rhetoricians tell us once a term has been connected w/ something neg it becomes difficult to regain its original connotation.
Trump is president, but he is not leading America, and allowing ethno-nationalists to co-opt the term "conservative" does no one any good.https://twitter.com/rezaaslan/status/922929855842304000 …
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Right wing media fought to give the word “liberal” a neg connotation w/ enough ppl to win a pres election ...
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The white nationalists aren't conservative, but they control the Republican Party. Evan, you and your friends need to say goodbye to GOP.
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THIS. Are tax cuts really worth staying in a group that includes KKK and Trump? At what point do decent ppl renounce membership?
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#Conservative: ordered liberty,#RuleofLaw, traditional values, measured change.#Trumpism: populist proto-#Fascism, hate, division. Choose.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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yeah, these ridiculous nationalists are by no means "conservatives", they hijacked & brainwashed the "conservative" party though.
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The argument is pathetic. Are McConnell and Ryan not leaders either? Who do you think is carrying Trumps water. The GOP is "co-opted"
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Who allowed that cooption? Stoking xenophobia and anti-intellectualism has been the Republican electoral strategy since Nixon.
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Isn't the conservative idea dead? I can't distinguish what a conservative does or supports anymore.
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