I’m not sure who’s going to read all the way down here, but I do want to thank everyone for the conversation. There were some outright flames coming my way, but I have enjoyed the back and forth. Thanks for renewing my faith in the internet.

Well, supporting the execution of gays, instituting religious tests on people who may serve in Congress, and refusing to uphold the constitution in a position of judicial power are all, well, bad. Illiberal, unconservative, inhuman.

They’re a net drag almost entirely because of conservative policies designed to keep them that’s way.

I dislike Trump because believes in a minimal government, because he is a Constitutional originalist, and because he believes in the use of strength to achieve peace.

According to your self-applied definition, there’s no way you’d fit with either party. So, I’m guessing that you identify as “independent” or “Libertarian,” right? In my experience, those are just people who like to think their convictions are strong, but also want to sit back and let others carry the burden (and…

Serious question - why are you a conservative?

My ostensibly smart, conservative friends say it is because they are “fiscally conservative,” but I havent actually seen any cogent economic policy from the GOP that remotely reflects that ideal in my lifetime (over a third of century). Their economic policy does nothing…

It’s tribalism, really. That and people are repulsed by any introspection. The NFL protests are the best example of this. It’s much easier to dismiss these protests as disrespect of tangible objects like the flag or the caskets of brave veterans rather than systemic, institutional rot that disenfranchises people of…

You’re a conservative and you read Vox? Are you a unicorn?

But that’s just the thing, when they do get stuck the hardest, Republicans in power will just blame the LIBRUHLS somehow, and their core base will believe them without question. And then they will remind them that these LIBRUHLS want to take their guns, kill their unborn babies, allow people to live for free off of…

Where do you see that? The Republican stance on crime has overwhelmingly impacted minority communities by putting young men in prisons where all they can do is learn to be better criminals. Research has shown time and again intervention programs and community policing (Democratic) have much better long term effects…

The Constitution should be read as written, not interpreted to mean what we want in today’s day.

I agree with that, but we’re not talking about a drunken pass at his admin during the office Christmas party. Multiple underage girls over a course of time are coming forward. There may be some that aren’t factual, but if even one is, will you be able to proudly say “I voted for him?” Let the legal system do it’s…

Roy Moore isn’t a conservative. Roy Moore is a nightmare.  

Trump is the most unqualified person to ever hold that office. He’s a radical danger to our country and the world, yet the GOP is fine with it as long as he rubber stamps whatever they put in front of him. Whatever hatred deep conservatives think they feel towards liberals pales at the rage I feel towards the GOP…

I don’t mean to be a pedant, but this has been coming for much longer than a year. It probably started when our country elected an extremely intelligent, charming, young senator. The problem is that he was born in Kenya, I mean Ethiopia. And he’s definitely a covert for ISIS because his name is ostensibly…

Racial oppression - in all its forms - has been the single most potent driving force behind the Republican movement. I hope conservatives like the OP here can look back on the past several decades with a critical eye. I sympathize that he may have been naive about the “values” of the Republican party (so, basically,…

The moral majority means clinging to guns and religion! Peace, love, understanding and the teachings of Jesus have no place in today’s Republican Party. What are you a goddamned hippie?!

Roy Moore is 100% conservative. He is the hyperbolic embodiment of everything conservatives have wanted for decades. Same with Donald Trump.

It’s possible because the Republican party has been slyly courting Moore and his type for decades now and actively dismantling things like public education to create even more low information voters. I don’t want to lay the blame on all conservatives, but this is an issue that was grown and cultivated on your side of…

Nothing to the Republican Party and American conservative ideology but upwards redistribution of wealth, racism, and sexism.