>>81660211
not true of many of the conservatives I know (I consider myself a moderate, which of course is literally fascist to a lot of lefties here in the lovely PNW), but I suspect that having an honest discussion with them isn't what you're really interested in
>>81659898
prohibition can work (at least insofar as people will largely avoid doing whatever is prohibited) if the punishment for violating it is extreme, like getting murdered for saying the nigger word in a waffle house, but that leads to having a regressive society that can't keep up with the rest of the world
>>81660338
they'd rather just bitch and moan about shit, like how they keep complaining about Reagan despite having almost half a century to reverse whatever he did, which they had the power to do for much of that time. who knows, maybe it's like how being a victim and loser has become social currency to them. when they get into power they can't effectively wield it because in their social hierarchy, those who aren't in power are above those who are