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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
I'd call my state as Neo-Confederate. McCory's platform is built around it.
I define it as an anti federal stance drawn along the lines of refusing to recognize human rights. You see a lot of people pushing for "State's Rights" and "State pride and heritage."
Almost always racial and bigoted undertones to it. And of course not disavowing the Confederacy as the white supremacist traitors that they are.
edited 11th Sep '16 2:07:56 PM by LeGarcon
Oh really when?Well where I live at, really have only heard a couple gripes about the flag. And majority of the time, those "neo-confederates" lurk out of sight of the public eye.
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Only thing I really trust Trump to do is to reject the TPP while in office (Hillary's more uncertain in that regard). But in light of all the recent shenanigans Trump's been pulling as well as who among his voter base he seems to want to go out of his way to appeal to, it's probably not worth it.
edited 11th Sep '16 2:10:29 PM by nervmeister
The nationwide problem is that too many people think minding their own business means letting the hardcore right-wingers dominate the political and cultural scene because they can't be bothered. It's the political equivalent of the bystander effect and it has deadly effects on social progress.
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Only if you avoid calling Trump a conservative because you consider him a reactionary instead.
The man wants to go back to the 1930s. In Europe.
Seriously, Trump's policy positions and attitude read like a horror show blend of Benito Mussolini, Joe McCarthy and George Wallace. But somehow he's more progressive than Clinton?
edited 11th Sep '16 2:17:03 PM by AmbarSonofDeshar
I think Trump's a moderate, a dishonest one who puts up a false facade of a conservative Republican, but a moderate nonetheless. Of course Trump's immigration stance is his most conservative viewpoint, therefor most controversial and most well known, but everything else he's either slightly conservative or on the fence about.
That and how he's previously been a Democrat and an Independent shows he isn't the best picture for a Republican.
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There is nothing moderate about that lunatic wall. Or telling troops to commit war crimes. Or threatening to lock up your political opponents. Or suggesting a Muslim ban. Or the new controls he wants to slap on immigration. Or any of his racist and misogynistic comments.
And that's just Trump. Let's not even talk about the reactionary freakshow that is the GOP platform.
edited 11th Sep '16 2:20:42 PM by AmbarSonofDeshar
He's a white nationalist, admires dictators, has an erratic foreign policy that includes blatant crimes against humanity/leaving NATO and the Far East to rot, and is so protectionist that he has confirmed that he will start trade disputes with the US's closest partners.
Trump isn't a moderate by any stretch of the word. Just because he isn't so blatant about hating gays (the GOP certainly does, torturing LGBT children is in their platform) doesn't make him a moderate.
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Clinton could be considered a conservative in the Eisenhower sense of the term, she wants to work within the system to bring measured and careful change. The GOP on the other hand isn't conservative anymore (not as a whole anyway), they are reactionaries at best, fascists at worst.
edited 11th Sep '16 2:21:28 PM by Rationalinsanity
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Oh yeah, I remember that now. So Trump isn't even pretending to not be a social conservative/reactionary. He doesn't play it up but still, attending anti-LGBT hate rallies is not one of the tells of your typical moderate.
edited 11th Sep '16 2:23:44 PM by Rationalinsanity
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.@ 138077
4-8 years of Trump vs god knows how many more with the TPP all but completely eradicating fair use, quality control in trade, and government and EPA oversight of corporate affairs (out of fear of getting sued) doesn't strike you as a cause for concern? Yeah, it shouldn't be the only concern of course, but it does rattle the nerves quite a bit.
edited 11th Sep '16 2:26:29 PM by nervmeister

Not that that is isolated to the South. I'm in Canada and we still get Neo-Confederate creeps here. Especially in my rural, ultraconservative, "have just progressed enough to understand fire" district.
edited 11th Sep '16 2:05:07 PM by AmbarSonofDeshar