ike was the last of his kind. the civil rights acts of the 1960s broke the republican party... voter rights, desegregation... they could not (and still cannot) handle those people being equal. the 'modern' republican party is defined by their hatred.

Regressive militaristic enforcement of hierarchy and in/out groups is absolutely “conservatism” at its core.

Some “conservatives” may not agree with every single point but the ideology remains the same.

Nah, man. Conservatives are the basic irritation of an old man like myself not wanting to change, because it's fine. I finally understand the world and then these transes come along and want me to change the way I talk? Can't they just pick a lane? Booo!

(I try not to listen to that urge in me, btw, and as a result I have accepted my bisexual self, got a cool trans-masc boyfriend at age 46 after a 20 year drought, had some seriously good sex, and gained a lot of fun new ideas. I understand conservatism, and I can respect it in some contexts, but I prefer progress.)

Reactionaries, though, they are spoiled brats. Instead of just refusing to change, they actively try to destroy what they fear. They try to control other people because they cannot accept that anyone else has rights. They are sociopaths, and they control the USA.

They call themselves conservatives, and they hide amomgst conservatives, but they are different.