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Former Republican Ethan Grey explains what Republicans really want

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[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago (20 children)

Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect. —Frank Wilhoit

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[–] 5in1k@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yep, republicans hate Americans and want to control every aspect of our lives. They hate freedom, whenever they see anyone expressing their liberty in a way they themselves wouldn’t they want to ban it.

The same line of thought is quoted in a noteworthy article (archived) by Cory Doctorow.

[–] Acronymesis@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This goes quite nicely with the post where I learned about Oppositional Defiant Disorder.

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Was that post related to politics? I find sovereign citizens fascinating.

[–] Acronymesis@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Indeed, it was a post over on kbin titled “Nearly a quarter of Republicans say classified docs charges make them more likely to support Trump: poll” https://kbin.social/m/politics/t/160848

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Republicans are for small government? What? Hahaha are they minarchists now? Lololol

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