Trump winning wasn’t because of a culture war but I would say his re-election may be due to it in part. I wonder if republicans would have stopped this so called bragging if the Democrats haven’t been throwing a tantrum for three years....
Opinion Can someone explain why you are conservative?
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Are you serious? Hard righties have been moaning the end of Western culture and civilization for the entire Trump Presidency, and he eggs the shit on whenever he needs to stir up the base.
It's also foolish for conservatives to brag about somehow being able to claw us back into the 60s. It's a matter of pissing into the wind with your mouth agape.
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Again...what anti-conservative positions have I espoused? Tell me.
Simply put up or admit you're wrong. And I can absolutely make you out to be using an idiotic metric of conservatism. The "Well other people say..." metric. Give me the positions. You don't even need to quote them...you can just tell me what positions I've taken...since you've read so many.
Also notice that you said you can't find a single example of "right side posting". But we're talking about "conservative" posting. Everyone here is tribal but that doesn't mean that anyone is conservative just because they claim it after making some random anti-left post. Anti-left doesn't mean conservative.
So, again, what are these preponderance of anti-conservative positions that I've taken?
So far - you can't think of any and you can't find any but you're convinced that it's true because people who spend most of their time make race based posts said so? Think about how absurd that is.
I don't think a conservative would be arguing socialist stances like this:
https://forums.sherdog.com/threads/thoughts-on-inheritance.3976873/
So you admit the left is trying to destroy western culture gotcha.....
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Western culture is evolving as it always has been. Conservatives, like always, will get left in the dust. Sorry. You can't dictator prop your way out of this shit.
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So, a conservative cannot explore a hypothetical? Something that I specified multiple times just in case some idiot confused a thought experiment with a policy suggestion. Here let me quote myself:
Please tell me how thinking about something makes someone conservative or liberal? Are conservatives not allowed to explore intellectual topics?
After you answer that, explain to me how any intelligent person can draw conclusions about good vs. bad policy without spending time considering the impacts of such policies? Should I simply wait for someone else to tell me what to think?
And my tone is mocking but I'm very serious. Because it's insane to me that you think a conservative isn't allowed to explore intellectual ideas. Especially since I've repeatedly said in other threads that I support inheritance for personal and selfish reasons. Anyway, I await your response.
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If one would bother to read the entire thread, they would find you not simply "exploring a hypothetical", but advocating for the position to get rid of inheritance.
Don't be mad because you asked for an example of your anti-conservative views, and got one.
Please tell me how you found your way to sherdog...it must have been an accident that’s for sure.
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I'll leave it to you, pondering over why someone might come onto Sherdog.....
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That's not what conservatism is at all.
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TS I mean this in the best possible way so please dont take it as an attack ... You should read more.
https://www.businessinsider.com/top-conservative-books-2013-3
That's a good list to start
https://www.businessinsider.com/top-conservative-books-2013-3
That's a good list to start
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Uhm...do you not understand what exploring a hypothetical entails? It means taking a hypothetical position and then discussing the position aggressively to draw out the points and counterpoints.
You can't possibly need me to write before every single post "I'm still exploring the hypothetical..."
It's why I started the thread, specifically to debate what would happen if it didn't exist, the position of "What would happen if we got rid of inheritance?" Of course my posts would be about getting rid of inheritance...it's the point of the thought experiment.
The position was what would happen if we got rid of inheritance, not why should we keep inheritance. I stated my argument position in the 1st post.
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If self responsibility and accountability offends you, you aren’t conservative.
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Modern conservative economic policy is tailor made for trustfund babies and its standard bearer is a trustfund baby so yeah there's no way you can even consider this idea and call yourself a conservative in this day and age.
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LOL, is that the story you're sticking to?
You strongly advocated for getting rid of inheritance throughout the entire thread. You weren't "playing a role" in some thought experiment. You were advocating for it, full stop.
It's okay man, you don't have to keep up the charade. It's not like you're fooling anyone. Like @The Diplomat already pointed out, your position is made clear with every post you make.
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Is that what I'm sticking to? It's what I wrote in the 1st post of the thread.
You have to have a particularly high level of stupidity if you read someone say that they're exploring a position and then you lack the capacity to understand what that means. Your argument is that I did exactly what I said I was going to do and that means that I was doing something else.
You're less intelligent than I've given you credit for then. Or you're more desperate than I thought.
I'm better at debating a point that I don't agree with than you are in debating the things that you do believe in.
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you aren't fooling anyone hereIs that what I'm sticking to? It's what I wrote in the 1st post of the thread.
You have to have a particularly high level of stupidity if you read someone say that they're exploring a position and then you lack the capacity to understand what that means. Your argument is that I did exactly what I said I was going to do and that means that I was doing something else.
You're less intelligent than I've given you credit for then. Or you're more desperate than I thought.
I'm better at debating a point that I don't agree with than you are in debating the things that you do believe in.
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Is that what I'm sticking to? It's what I wrote in the 1st post of the thread.
You have to have a particularly high level of stupidity if you read someone say that they're exploring a position and then you lack the capacity to understand what that means. Your argument is that I did exactly what I said I was going to do and that means that I was doing something else.
Your history betrays your facade here. Sorry Pan, but you're a Liberal. Most would agree.
If you want to continue your charade, thinking anyone buys it, I won't stop you.
