@Legalize a commenter on that article:
"No, they are conservatives. Conservativism is a disease of the mind. It should be listed in the DSMIV as a form of psychosis. This has been demonstrated time and time again since nixon and the Democrats compliance with this insanity has only made these psychotics bolder and bolder with each criminal administration. nixon, reagan, the two bushes and now trump--each administration a criminal organization and each incrementally worse, criminal and psychotic. For the sake of this country and the world the republican party needs to be destroyed and the term conservative needs to become synonymous with nazi fascism."
To which I replied:
"The mentality illustrated in this post is far sicker than anything you are complaining about. Reactionary conservatism is a natural reluctance to change. Progressive radicalism is a natural eagerness for change. These are inborn personality traits, part of natural human diversity, and are balancing forces that, in a healthy society, work to adapt the culture incrementally to current and future need without lurching off a precipice. Your delusional belief that we can run a society with no conservatives is akin to believing we can navigate a cliffside racetrack at full throttle with cut brake lines. I.e. suicidal. You are living in an echo chamber. The fact that our cultural discourse is off the rails and unnecessarily antagonistic is not the fault solely of conservatives, nor is it their burden alone to bridge the gap. Everyone needs to grow up."
