• TheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.works
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    3 hours ago

    I think it’s possible to have small c conservative values and still be a productive and peaceful member of society. Even if I might disagree with their views.

    However, I don’t know that the American political right has had any genuinely held small c conservative values since Reagan, so

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      2 hours ago

      Small c conservative values before Reagan were racism and segregation so I’m personally not convinced. I mean if you look at a timeline of American rightwing politics you go from Jim Crow to the Civil Rights Movement and right into Nixon’s Southern Strategy. That shit has always been based on racism and slavery.