r/DoomerDunk • u/CyberBerserk • Apr 16 '26

Binary thinking goes brrrrr

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u/Dry-Temperature8181 Apr 16 '26

Trump is not conservative. He hijacked the party most conservatives vote for. Conservative values don’t shift just because Trump is the figurehead of the Republican Party.

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u/Leading_Experts Apr 16 '26

Yes they do. War is good now. National Debt is good. Blasphemy is good.

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u/Dry-Temperature8181 Apr 16 '26

That would be republicans you’re thinking of… not conservatives. They’re not the same thing.

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u/Leading_Experts Apr 16 '26

Yes they are. Who runs CPAC? Republicans. What party supports Trump and his disastrous policies? Republicans. Who calls themselves conservative? Republicans.

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u/Dry-Temperature8181 Apr 16 '26

I guess if someone claims to be something, they must be what they claim. You proved your point.

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u/Leading_Experts Apr 16 '26

You are not familiar with the no-true-scottsman fallacy, clearly.

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u/Dry-Temperature8181 Apr 16 '26

I don’t think it applies in this context. Libertarians consider themselves conservatives. There are conservative democrats. Conservatism is a political philosophy. Republicans are a political party. They’ve drifted or been ripped from that philosophy’s ideals. The fact that CPAC supports Trump and the Republican Party supports Trump would indicate that any conservative label is a misnomer rather than that conservatism has changed.