A while back, I wrote an article where I pointed out how conservatives have been on the wrong side of practically every major event in United States history. I want to make sure I emphasize conservatives – not Republicans – because as I’ve also pointed out, the ideologies of the two parties switched during the 50’s and 60’s following the GOP’s implementation of the “Southern strategy.” It’s always been conservatives (especially southern/rural conservatives) who loved Democrats when they were the party of racism, then flocked to the GOP when it embraced that racism following the civil rights era.
As I’ve said before, it’s not a coincidence that nearly every state that made up the Confederacy also:
- Opposed giving women the right to vote.
- Supported segregation.
- Opposed the Civil Rights Act.
- Fought to keep bans on interracial marriage.
Today, those states are almost all “strongly Republican” — and they’ve always been “conservative.”
But even going beyond those moments in our history, conservatives are almost always wrong about damn near everything.
The dawn of “trickle-down economics” was forced upon us nearly 40 years ago — yet it hasn’t brought economic prosperity to the middle class. In fact, the rich just keep getting richer, while the middle class continues to fall further and further behind. How many more times do we have to cut taxes before conservatives realize that giving rich people more money isn’t helping the middle class?
When it comes to social issues like abortion and gay rights, they’re wrong. Even with a Supreme Court that’s been stacked in conservative favor over the last few years, abortion rights have remained and gay marriage bans were overturned. Hell, even the Affordable Care Act was upheld — multiple times.
Read more
https://forwardprogressives.com/dear-conservatives-facts-prove-youre-wrong-damn-near-everything/
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