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Is there a such thing as a good conservative? Serious question. I don't think there is.
You could believe in personal responsibility for your own actions, fiscal responsibility/frugality with tax dollars, limited government intrusion on personal rights etc and generally be a good person.
It's the Conservatives in Name Only that are the bad hypocrits.
Every one of those traits describe many progressives as well (myself included). I don't think those descriptors are sufficient to describe conservatives. I think when someone says "conservative" these days, they mean "socially conservative".
More specific descriptors of a modern "conservative" would include:
Resistant to progress
Distrustful of education
Distrustful of medical science
Distrustful of climate science
Prone to bigotry
Prone to xenophobia
Prone to misogyny
Prone to homophobia
Prone to racism
Prone to support authoritarian government styles
Firstly, I agree generally. I am just pointing out that the principals espoused and prioritized by the "conservative" party in the US have been wholly abandoned.
Calling for tiny government but then advocating for more stricter laws and authoritarianism is broken.
Very true!
The hilarious thing is that the few conservatives left that fit your description are considered the RINOs by the party at large