Alt-Right isn't the Youth of Conservatism, it's the Youth of the Internet: a pungent mixture of 4Chan, Reddit, and Stormfront
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Most of these people have no intellectual connection to the conservative movement whatsoever. This isn't YAF, etc.
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In other words, they're certainly not sitting around reading Russell Kirk.
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true. But the problem is that so few of us are. Who's the GOP base more like today?
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Let's not overplay our hand here: Trump won with a minority of R votes and most Trump voters don't call him "Daddy"
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@CarmenPrincest The authority of the conservative elite has been destroyed, by attacks from both sides.. 1/ -
..so the answer depends on what ultimately fills that gap. There's one hint though.. 2/
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Pursuing amnesty for illegal immigrants as a top priority isn't likely to be the basis for a new coalition. 3/3
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No. From the ones I know they're 30 and up. Look at demographics on peripheral issues like support for Confederate flag.
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maybe that is what "youth" means for the GOP.
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Hardly. I know many of the young conservatives who were in the GOP. Many leaving due to Trump.
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I thought we were talking about the future? Trump is burying the GOP with minority millennials.
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Isn't that about what I just said? Young conservatives in GOP are leaving due to Trump.
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which is why I said, perhaps 30+ is what qualifies as young GOP.
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You're talking potential future as if it's the present. It's not. Not yet.
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I don't see anyone <40 interested in Trump. But I'm Mormon from the Intermountain West & we're against Trump more than most.
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@CarmenPrincest No. They are not of any specific age. Good example of today's young conservatives is@NickAPappas -
not to be a shithead, but I think "young conservatives" by definition gives a vague age range
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when did Trump become a conservative?
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