And if you live in a majority red community, people who have left views will be the ones who have thought long and deep about their views.
These kinds of claims on Hacker News happen to be nearly indistinguishable from trolling, and it's not OK to then attack other users when they bite. We're after civil, thoughtful discussion on HN, so please don't take us in the opposite direction.
That's literally a description of the conservative base. It's literally the platform Trump ran and got voted in on.
Denying muslims, lowering taxes, and reducing welfare. Toss in some Mexican wall too.
It's all small minded, black and white, fear driven, devisive, fear based politics.
Classic strong man strategies.
If I could find a single conservative that can give me an explanation of their conservative philosophy that isn't just parroting something they heard... that is based in sound reasoning... and an actual semblance of a philosophical/economic framework I would cry tears of joy. \
But that doesn't exist.
Also, you've been trolling all over this thread.
You're 'examples' are anecdotal, or not fleshed out with details at all.
I've never once seen a conservative give a legitimate critically thought out answer to any of the points Ive made, however, conservatives are super quick to ad hominem attacks like calling someone a troll.
I guess that's the next best thing when you don't have ideas or a point of your own.
For example, a group of my progressive acquaintances has been debating in depth on the New Yorker's reporting over past few months, including especially the long piece on Hillary the week before the election. They have framed that discussion around progressive views on fairness of opportunity and fairness of wealth distribution.
The leading political progressives have the same depth of argument - listen to Obama's speeches, the speeches at the DNC, Bernie and Robert Reich, Kander on voting, Stiglitz.
In contrast the right is intellectually bankrupt. Michael Anton's articles motivated the right for the past few months and the articles are poorly argued flimflam. Heritage's chief economist is disingenuous and misguided. The chief GOP wonk in Congress, Paul Ryan, is a mediocrity who barely understands healthcare never mind economics. This is what happens when a party goes to war on expertise[1] (because expertise of course threatens their donors' ability to make huge amounts of money[2]).
1. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-death-of-experti...
2. http://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/3/10/14871696/sco...