Bashing Conservatism, With Cause

THE MOST OBVIOUS FEATURE of the essays on this website is their constant criticism of political conservatism, and for that matter economic conservatism, among other types. Not surprisingly, this characteristic, an unrestrained expressed contempt for conservative thought, invariably evokes the unrestrained anger of many conservatives, who, for some reason, nonetheless persist, flatteringly, in reading these essays. Because of this, some remarks concerning the reasons for holding conservatism in such contempt seem appropriate. On September 18, on the grounds of the nation's capitol building, an eerily, disturbingly familair sight will appear; a large group of far right wing activists, Trump supporters, the same ilk of people who broke into and ransacked the capitil building at Trump's instructions on January 6, attempting to overthrow the governemnt by reversing the results of the election of 2020, will gather together and hold a rally in support of the people, more than six hundred and counting, who have been indicted for crimes committed on the day of the January insurrection. Before they arrive, capitol police and national guardsmen will once again install, just as they did soon after the violent insurrection, a barbed wire chain link fence around the capitol building, to protect it from renewed violence. Obviously, considering the kind of people who will be gathering, violence against the American government is a distinct possibility. One may assume that the MAGA mob, upon assembling, will scream chants of praise for Trump, scream and chant support for the ctiminals who attacked the capitol in january, and express indignation and rage that the criminal justice system is rounding up, indicting, and prosecuting the traitorous criminals, who have become heroes of the conservative movement. And, they may become violent, again. And all across the fruited plains of the United States, from sea to shining sea, normal, average, mainstream conservative Republican American Trump supporters will proudly, strongly agree with the gathering at the capitol, all that it stands for, and all that is expressed there. It is hardly possible to imagine anything more deplorable, more reprehensible, more evil than this reailty about American conservatives, two thirds of whom still insist that the election was stolen from Trump, a majority of whom still isnist that the insurrection of january sixth was justified. Trump's big election lie, his attempt to steal the presidential election and overthrow the American government is perhpas the most egregious behavior of which any American has ever been guilty, and the widespread support for it among American conservatives is perhaps the most deplorable, evil behavior by any large group of Americans in history. By their actions the Republican conservative community and indeed the evangelical Christian community have both exposed their moral and intellectual bankruptcy. The fact that this traitorous behavior is supported and participated in by a very high percentage of America's evangelical Christians exposes this religious dempgraphic as no less evil than the rest of Trump's supporters, and the conservative movement in general. Donald Trump became a traitor from the moment he discovered that Russian operatives were assisting his campaign in 2016, and welcomed the assistance. Arguably, so did those who support him. But make no mistake; anyone wo supports Donald Trump after January 6 is a traitor, and that is why I despsie them.