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valleyrogue

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12. The thing is these people aren't "conservatives."
Fri Oct 10, 2025, 10:50 AM
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People need to quit using that word to describe the radical right and "libertarians." They aren't out to conserve or preserve anything. They want to DESTROY. THAT is radical or extremist--NOT "conservative." JKG wrote that during a different time, decades ago, when there were "conservatives."

If I see anybody using that word to describe the current movement by the radical right, I immediately tune them out and refuse to listen or read further.

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