Don’t Call Them Conservatives

Since their inceptions, the Republican and Democrat parties have differed mainly along the lines of more/less government and more/less taxation. One was considered conservative, the other, liberal. They pretty much stayed in those lanes, and even managed to get along and occasionally compromise.

Since (roughly) about the time of Newt Gingrich’s tenure, the Republicans have become less willing to find common ground and more willing to foment division. Now, under the sway of Donald Trump, they can no longer claim to be conservative, but should be called out for what they really are: autocratic terrorists. They don't want to lead, they want to rule. They “otherize” anyone who is not a white, heterosexual Christian, and make them the enemy of those who are.

These same tactics were used first by Mussolini, then Hitler. They succeeded for a while, but both met horrible ends. Read your history.

–Richard Ackerman, Castro Valley