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[–] Burn_The_Right 42 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

It's not "far-right" if all conservatives are voting for this shit. These people aren't "the fringes" of their party. They are their party.

Conservatives are vile sub-humans who seek to oppress and harm the vulnerable. They genuinely delight in the misery of others. Every act of bigotry, misogyny, homophobia, xenophobia, transphobia, and antisemitism comes from conservatives. They are not "the extremists" of their group. They are their group.

Teach your children why we don't do business or keep relationships with conservatives. Marginalize hate by marginalizing the hate group.

[–] TechyDad 6 points 11 months ago

The problem is that the Republican party isn't a "center-right" party anymore (if they ever were). They are now a far right party. In the past, Republicans would give dogwhistle support to far right causes, but would moderate their stances to get widespread public support. Now, Republicans have decided that there's no need to moderate. Instead, they'll simply remove democracy so that they can remain in power no matter how unpopular their views.