sadistic child abuse is core to the ideology of conservativism as practiced in the united states.
Tommy Tuberville proudly suggests that kids should be whipped with a belt instead of given medical treatment for ADHD.
Charming, Senator. Now tell us, what IS it like to be born with CTE?
Charming, Senator. Now tell us, what IS it like to be born with CTE?
January 31, 2025 at 12:53 AM
sadistic child abuse is core to the ideology of conservativism as practiced in the united states.
"all opposition is fake" has been the bedrock of conservativism for decades.
February 3, 2026 at 7:38 PM
"all opposition is fake" has been the bedrock of conservativism for decades.
conservativism is a mental illness
October 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
conservativism is a mental illness
Small government conservativism
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Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Small government conservativism
Cory Doctorow siempre teniendo razón.
July 30, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Cory Doctorow siempre teniendo razón.
Which is ultimately modern Conservativism.
One of my undergrad professors was fond of pointing out that the South was all in for "states' rights" until states started using their rights in a way the South didn't like. Suddenly expanded federal power was a great thing! 🙄
September 23, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Which is ultimately modern Conservativism.
Social conservativism is a luxury belief.
April 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Social conservativism is a luxury belief.
it's so cool how after the first black president came into office, institutional conservativism basically was possessed by the Freudian death drive
August 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
it's so cool how after the first black president came into office, institutional conservativism basically was possessed by the Freudian death drive
Fiscal conservativism!
August 19, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Fiscal conservativism!
Anti-Nazism, Anti-Conservativism, Anti-Stalinism.
I’m not 100% sure what those three diagonal arrows mean (something about resisting the pressing threat of Stalinism?) but I really often see accounts with them on coming out with catastrophically terrible takes.
September 24, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Anti-Nazism, Anti-Conservativism, Anti-Stalinism.
modern conservativism is just identity politics for guys whose day to day behavior would get them kicked out of a buckees
December 17, 2024 at 5:15 AM
modern conservativism is just identity politics for guys whose day to day behavior would get them kicked out of a buckees
Conservativism is inherently ableist.
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Conservativism is inherently ableist.
Trump has so comprehensively captured actually-existing movement conservativism that people have forgotten that according to the principles of even 2015 movement conservativism he's basically the Antichrist
March 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Trump has so comprehensively captured actually-existing movement conservativism that people have forgotten that according to the principles of even 2015 movement conservativism he's basically the Antichrist
This perfectly summarizes western conservativism
February 19, 2026 at 7:24 PM
This perfectly summarizes western conservativism
the thing about movement conservativism is that movement conservativism does not have a cadre of people who spend a year working on a story where the upshot is "are we doing too much conservativism"
February 13, 2026 at 2:10 AM
the thing about movement conservativism is that movement conservativism does not have a cadre of people who spend a year working on a story where the upshot is "are we doing too much conservativism"
No, what I have is enough historic context to know that fascism isn’t just the next stop down the road from conservativism. It is its own beast, fundamentally distinct from other forms of conservativism that have heretofore dominated US politics. Bush and Reagan weren’t fascists. Trump is
"There is no historical context and nothing that came before affects the now, I'm a very smart politics knower"
There’s this weird social cachet in pretending Trump is just a natural extension of the Reagan or Bush presidencies - a kind of “I knew what was going to happen before it was cool” thing - but neither of them, in their wildest excesses, would have contemplated even a quarter of this
October 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
No, what I have is enough historic context to know that fascism isn’t just the next stop down the road from conservativism. It is its own beast, fundamentally distinct from other forms of conservativism that have heretofore dominated US politics. Bush and Reagan weren’t fascists. Trump is
it does seem like a structural problem that the right has found a way to use misogyny to transmute anger at corporations in to conservativism
April 22, 2026 at 5:36 PM
it does seem like a structural problem that the right has found a way to use misogyny to transmute anger at corporations in to conservativism
The basis for all conservativism is selfishness.
April 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The basis for all conservativism is selfishness.
Conservativism is inherently authoritarian.
November 7, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Conservativism is inherently authoritarian.
I think one of the defining things about our era and about conservativism, is an inability to distinguish between like, the actual government, and mid-level marketing managers at Target (who choose "happy holidays" to avoid leaving out non-Christian customers)
In retrospect the Bush-era War On Christmas stuff seems more ominous than it did at the time. It was just cable news guys crying about dumb/fake shit, then and now; I mean the campaign to turn Christmas, which most everyone likes and feels warmly about, into just another thing to get mad about.
December 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I think one of the defining things about our era and about conservativism, is an inability to distinguish between like, the actual government, and mid-level marketing managers at Target (who choose "happy holidays" to avoid leaving out non-Christian customers)
Conservativism is an impediment to human flourishing
June 22, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Conservativism is an impediment to human flourishing
Conservativism explained.
November 24, 2024 at 5:51 AM
Conservativism explained.
Conservativism is all about keeping their precious hierarchies. That's actually more important to them than the money.
February 17, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Conservativism is all about keeping their precious hierarchies. That's actually more important to them than the money.
this is a gross simplification. conservativism today is also about molesting children and making it easier to molest children
“Postmodern conservatism is all about getting mad at marketing campaigns”
JDPONorth ft. Liv Agar
@livagar.bsky.social joins us to discuss how Canadian politics has been entirely upended by the announcement (and then subsequent walk-back) of Trump's tariff plan. Also, how to understand fascism in the 21st century. Links below!
@livagar.bsky.social joins us to discuss how Canadian politics has been entirely upended by the announcement (and then subsequent walk-back) of Trump's tariff plan. Also, how to understand fascism in the 21st century. Links below!
February 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
this is a gross simplification. conservativism today is also about molesting children and making it easier to molest children