is a healthy conservative someone who is a moderate conservative?

[Hardkill]

What exactly is the political stance of a healthy conservative individual? 

Is it someone whose political views are that of a moderate conservative?

[Danioover9000]

@Hardkill

8 hours ago, Hardkill said:

What exactly is the political stance of a healthy conservative individual? 

Is it someone whose political views are that of a moderate conservative?

   Yes, but more importantly it's integrity and aligned authentically to you.

[Leo Gura]

The whole problem of conservatives boils down to their insane levels of conformity, ideology, and group-think. If you can somehow avoid all that and still be conservative, that will be healthy.

[Hardkill]

16 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

The whole problem of conservatives boils down to their insane levels of conformity, ideology, and group-think. If you can somehow avoid all that and still be conservative, that will be healthy.

Right, I understand what you're saying.

Would you say that Reagan or Bush 1 and 2 were also healthy conservatives despite never having been moderate Republicans? Or did they represent more of the extreme and toxic kind of conservatism?

What about Mitch McConnell or Kevin McCarthy? lol

[Leo Gura]

Bush 1 yes, the others no.

Maybe Reagan if you adjust for era.

Edited April 15, 2023 by Leo Gura

[Hardkill]

3 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

Bush 1 yes, the others no.

Maybe Reagan if you adjust for era.

Bush 2 and McConnell no because of how far to the right they got or because of their war crimes?

You know Reagan ironically passed a few relatively liberal laws such as some kind of gun control bill, immigration reform, and raised the taxes on the rich for COLA. He also didn't want to largely repeal laws that the New Deal Democrats passed during the FDR era and mid 1900s.

Eisenhower in the 50s, Gerald Ford, and the Rockefeller Republican would actually definitely be considered as examples of healthy conservatives in US history.

Edited April 15, 2023 by Hardkill

[LSD-Rumi]

On 4/14/2023 at 1:58 PM, Leo Gura said:

The whole problem of conservatives boils down to their insane levels of conformity, ideology, and group-think. If you can somehow avoid all that and still be conservative, that will be healthy.

The whole problem with conservatives is that they got their priorities wrong (fighting trans people vs fighting corruption), The rage and excessive hate for the left and the bad and toxic leaders they got. Group thinking and ideology can produce a relatively healthy societies sometimes.