Conservatives are moral cowards

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Conservatives do not fight liberal or progressive idea(l)s out of conviction, but rather, out of cowardice. Some overt, some programmed and unconscious.

I know this, because I used to be a conservative. Breaking the mold is difficult in any cult (conservatism has many cult-like properties), and I was of course, censured. Frequently by my own “allies”. Luckily, most of my friends at the time were pretty…