100% yes. Stalin was absolutely a conservative. He even targeted and murdered progressives. You will find that neither communism nor socialism require progressives to be in charge in order to exist.
Modern China is another great example of conservative-led communism.
I lived in the deep south my whole life. Almost everyone I knew was conservative. Parents, siblings, a grandparent, friends, neighbors, colleagues and almost everyone else in my life was conservative.
After I retired and Trump won again, I decided to disown them all. I politely said goodbye to everyone, explaining I will be difficult to contact for a while, but not to worry. I then moved 1800 miles away to a nice blue part of the country. It was physically and financially very difficult. I changed my phone number and email and gave no one any way to contact me, except the few non-conservative friends I have. I have no plans to ever speak with any of them ever again.
It’s been almost 2 years now. I couldn’t be happier. My stress is significantly lower without conservatives in it. I now wear my politics on my sleeve, which has resulted in a large number of new, high quality friends. I no longer feel any desire to drink and truly believe my depression is gone. I really do enjoy life right now, despite my concerns that civil war and genocide are upon us.
Disowning conservatives is the absolute best thing I have ever done to improve my quality of life. I highly recommend it.
It’s not a sweeping generalization. It’s an observable fact. Regarding Uyghers in China, it’s possible for conservatives to oppress and genocide other conservatives. The world is not zero-sum.
This is not Judaism. This is conservatism.
Conservatives are violent by nature and thrive on the suffering of others. This is why every war and every genocide in human history has been caused exclusively by conservatives.
Conservatives celebrate and defend all of this.
Conservatives are biologically unable to experience empathy. This is why dehumanizing others comes so easily to them.
It’s also why every war and genocide in human history has been caused exclusively by conservatives.
I appreciate your peaceful motivations. I am not interested in offending you and I recognize we have very different life experiences and perspectives on this.
We disagree on some points regarding fault or whether being “brainwashed” is a factor in how culpable a sadistic, narcissistic, blood-thirsty bigot should be held. But, at the end of the day, the enemy we are discussing very much wants both of us to die. No amount of patience or Socratic method or kindness can change that (in my opinion).
I think our main disagreement comes down to how to handle being the targets of a violent enemy that can’t or won’t stop hating us. After a lifetime of pacifism, I have come to my own realization that peace simply cannot solve this problem. I see the danger increasing daily and my alarms are just getting louder and louder. I view my own inaction as a dereliction of responsibility. But, that doesn’t mean I expect you or any other victims of conservatism to be required to engage in violence.
I genuinely respect your preference for peace. I’ve held a similar position for the majority of my life. I really do wish I could still see things that way. And who knows? Maybe some poetic Deus ex Machina will descend from the heavens and make it all OK.
One thing I am confident about is that a conservative will never humanize us and will despise us until the day we (or they) die. Maybe you are right and brainwashing is to blame. Maybe the most culpable party is the media or the billionaires or Russia or all of them. In my opinion, the threat is still the conservative bigot, no matter who is to blame for creating that threat. I understand we disagree on this, and I respect your position.
Conservatives did this to us. We’re gonna need some more “cheer up” tiddies.
Conservatives did this to you. I’m sending you some “cheer up” tiddies.
I was born, raised, lived and retired in the deep south. I spent over 50 years being a good friend, neighbor, relative and colleague to conservatives. I’ve spent endless hours in friendly debates and trying to reason with them. Your presumption that I just haven’t given conservatives a chance leads me to understand that it is you who has not spent much time around conservatives.
I remember my genuine confusion and horror at how conservatives across the nation publicly celebrated the deaths of gay men dying of AIDS throughout the 80’s and 90’s. They actively opposed efforts by universities and researchers to find any treatment or cure because they openly wanted gay people to die. They admitted it openly and as a matter of policy for nearly 20 years. That alone should tell you who they are.
That’s just a single tiny example of the evil you are defending. It wasn’t just the rich or the media who celebrated the nonstop suffering and death. It was ALL conservatives. Every. Single. One.
Stop defending evil. Start defending their victims instead.
Attempting to fight fascism in proportion is a deadly mistake.
Conservatives are not victims of their own conservatism. They are consistently dishonest, opposed to education, enemies of science and do not see nonconservatives as humans.
A conservative will never humanize you. This is because they are biologically unable to experience empathy. In fact, they despise empathy. They call it “woke” and insist it is fake, evil or a weakness.
This lack of empathy affects how they view other humans. Notice that a conservative thinks of his family as his property. He loves his wife the same way a teenager “loves” a sportscar. It’s a strong emotion, but not a deep emotional bond. This is because the ability to experience empathy is a component of a deep emotional bond. Conservatives do not humanize others because they simply cannot humanize others.
When conservatives have the option to incarcerate or kill you, they will do so immediately and without any sadness because you are not one of them. You are their enemy. Hear them when they say you are their enemy. You will be treated as such regardless of your kindness toward them. Hoping they will suddenly find compassion is an error that has preceded many genocides throughout history.
Violent opposition to fascism is not fascism. Intolerance of intolerance is not intolerance. It is the cure.
No. Israeli interrogators, like any other conservative, delight in the misery of others. I don’t want my enemies to suffer. I simply want them to stop existing.
We need to apply these rules to all conservatives. Any behavior by a conservative other than breathing or swiftly dying can only bring oppression or death to others.
Conservatives are the single greatest threat to all life on earth. In addition to being the sole source of all genocide and war throughout human history, conservatives also will never allow the normal people to address global heating, world hunger, disease, housing shortages, wealth inequality or any other problem humanity faces.
The continued existence of conservatives is an existential threat to everyone else. Conservatives should be treated as the deadly threat they are. Isreal’s continued genocide and the support it receives from conservatives around the world is evidence of this.
If you live with them or rely on them, you should consider saying nothing. Avoid disagreements with them. Conservatives do not develop deep emotional bonds with their children the way normal people do. You risk them abandoning you before you are able to survive on your own.
If you do not live with them or rely on them financially, it is best to not communicate with them at all. Nothing good can come from a relationship with a conservative.
In fact, nothing good in human history has ever come from conservatism.
We in the U.S. have much to learn from the French, including their students.
I will vote for any presidential candidate that runs on nuking israel at this point.
I also value lives of all humans and all animals.
Every word uttered by a conservative is deception or manipulation. Every. Word.
That’s fair. I agree that extreme circumstances warrant extreme solutions.
I spent over 50 years as a pacifist. I hate the idea of harming others, but I can see now that every single terrible thing done by humans in human history was done by conservatives. Every war, every genocide, every act of bigotry you’ve ever heard of… all of it is led exclusively by conservatives.
Conservatives are the single greatest threat to all life on earth. For example, if not for conservatives, the normal people would be able to address climate change. If not for conservatives, billionaires would be chargeable with crimes and be required to pay taxes fairly. Employees would have the ability to unionize. Healthcare would be available and housing would be affordable. Every major problem we face as humans today is solved by the erasure of conservatives.
We are in extreme circumstances globally because of the continued existence of conservatives. There is a way to fix this problem. And you’re correct. It’s an extreme solution. But, it’s desperately needed.
The Taliban and current Iranian leadership are both conservative. I think you are inadvertently supporting my position that conservatism should be erased.
Stalin was socially conservative, the opposite of socially progressive. That is how I am using the term. The same way that Russian and Chinese governments are led by conservatives and not progressives.