For once, I have no commentary. This covers it all. Read the article linked. I have asked these questions of myself many times, trying to think in a conservative brain. What makes them function the way they do, and antithetical to what they SAY is their stance. My friends, family and acquaintances who are Republican, conservative or thereabouts are not bad people (there is one). So why are they so mean and cold?
“Now that the Republican Party―the conservative voice in mainstream U.S. electoral politics―has attained the most thoroughgoing control of Congress that it has enjoyed since 1928, it’s an appropriate time to take a good look at modern conservatism.” – via Ten Questions for Conservatives.
“Increasingly, modern American conservatism resembles a giant wrecking ball, powered by hate-spewing demagogues to undermine or destroy long-cherished institutions,” writes Wittner. (Image via Shutterstock)