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Witch hunt. All conservative voices will be silent now. Really a sad day for the humam history.

I have been thinking about this a lot lately. I personally know many conservatives who do not support Trump, have never supported him, and are now scared.

I wonder - will any sane person vote R for the next decade? What would that do to your image? Best case scenario the Reps clean up their act. Worse case scenario the US becomes a one-party system when our corporate overlords realize they can just get rid of any politicians they don't like.

>>I wonder - will any sane person vote R for the next decade?

I actually wonder what Rs are doing...chasing the 'base' has literally destroyed their brand. And the 'base' isn't big enough to win national elections... So what is their logic ??

The "base" is basically "people who don't consume as much Democrat-aligned media". It doesn't matter if Republicans try to appeal people outside the "base", because those people won't get the message. They will only get the message they get from the media, which in almost 100% of cases that I've looked into is completely different from what the Republicans actually said. They have no real choice.

If you're on the highway and you find that everyone else seems to drive on the wrong lane, it may be worth considering if it isn't you who is driving on the wrong lane.

A slim majority is not "everyone else". Your rhetoric marginalizes 40-50% of the country. Why feed into the division and conflict like this? Why have this knee-jerk reaction of hateful dismissal? Don't we need some degree of mutual respect and cooperation?

I really hope the republicans can clean up their act and become a reasonable choice again.

That being said, I think they will need to prove their commitment to reasonable governance as the minority for the better part of a decade before I am willing to seriously consider them again.

What have those conservatives done the last four years?

In terms of politics? Not much. Lots of arguments with spouses and other family... I won't pretend these people represent the majority of conservative voices.

Edit: I realized this probably isn't a very informative comment. To maybe give a better picture, here are the kinds of people in my social circles who dislike Trump:

- The 'liberal' Christian: people who are fiscally liberal (free healthcare and college, "love thy neighbor" types) who are socially conservative (not fans of LGBT or identity politics).

- The 'conservative' Christian: people who like Trump's policies but not his persona. They see Trump as the opposite of a good Christian, e.g. he is worldly, arrogant, impious, etc. They think he is a sign of the moral decline of American society.

- The libertarian: these people really care about small government and policy. They realize Trump claims to care about these things but really doesn't. They get upset when he does things like take military action against Iran, or bans some apps with an Executive Order.

The takeaway is all these people are ""Republicans"" simply because there is no real alternative that they feel represents them.

And nothing of value was lost.

No conservative voice has value, in your mind? Surely there is a word of difference between a conservative voice and the voice of a confederacy advocate, or similar far-right voice?

Does conservative mean something different in the US?

Except diversity of thought, and practical freedom of expression.

But those aren't really that valuable I guess.

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