1. There's a consistent belief among some liberals & Never Trump conservatives that if challenged by figures of demonstrable patriotism, public service & heroism, Trump's followers will (or should) desert him. But that repeatedly hasn't happened. Why?https://twitter.com/jaynordlinger/status/1189225511383384064 …
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can you be partisan without parties?
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A true progressive puts peace, love, and understanding over country. A true conservative seeks above all else to conserve whatever power they have.
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Because they equate nationalism with patriotism. They feel the more marginalized people that get rights, the less they will have, like this is pie or something. White supremacy plays a role too but mostly these people are frightened, hateful sheep that do as their told.
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All roads lead to the Kremlin ...Putin playbook
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Put another way, right-wing virtues have always been virtue signals to be dropped when no longer convenient to the narrative of conservative superiority. Military service, fiscal conservatism, marital fidelity, religious piety, you name it - 100% situational ethics.
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Or just power moves in a struggle for more power. They are nihilists. Might makes right. It's very simple for them, as far as I can tell.
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I forget the exact quote but Lincoln I believe said that the south in the civil war would not merely settle for agreeing to disagree but would only be satisfied if all of their opponents agreed to say that slavery was right and just and they had been wrong. Still rings true.
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Have you read any of Bob Altemeyer's work on authoritarianism?
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