Equating conservatism to racism is showing that at best you have a surface analysis of things.

@Alienbeing What I stated was that conservatives support racism. Conservative politicians have a long history in the U.S. of supporting policies and laws that harm racial minorities. Most of the conservative states in the U.S. have a long history of racism.

So, yea, if you look below my "surface analysis" there's yet more truth to what I'm stating.

@Charles1971 Your reply backs up my comment. Your comments are not at all valid. Without doubt some conservatives are racist. Equally without doubt some are not. What data do you have that supports a majority of conservatives are racist? A majority would have to be racist to support your statement "Conservative politicians have a long history......" Had you said "some Conservative politicians...." you would have had a point, as you phraised it you only show prejudice.

@Alienbeing Many (if not most) Southern states have a long history of racist political and social policies that were intended toward harming black people. This includes how neighborhoods were developed, where highways were built, gerrymandering, voter suppression, segregation, making/keeping interracial marriage illegal, putting up Confederate monuments (many of which were placed 60 to 70 years after the Civil War)... and I could go on.

These policies were put in place by Conservative politicians voted into office by Conservative voters.

These are not actions by the vast majority of liberals and progressives.

I'm not saying every single Conservative alive in the U.S. is a racist or that every single Conservative politician is a racist... but this is a group that has repeatedly shown intolerance toward blacks and brown skinned people. And look who conservatives voted into the White House five years ago. And Trump isn't even close to being the only example.

@Charles1971 Anytime an entire group is labeled, the label is questionable. You (or I for that matter) have NO idea how many Conservatives are racist.

Suppose a white person said BLM members are racist. Would you agree?

@Alienbeing I did not say all conservatives are racist. I'm not saying that ONLY conservatives are racist. I'm not saying that there are not any liberals or progressives that are racist. But historically it has been conservatives that have been the primary root of racism in the U.S.

I'm not trying to get a head count here. I'm simply basing my statement on the political and social history of this country.

@Charles1971 You have no statistical proof to back you up. Additionally almost all Jim Crow laws were passed by Democrats.

@Alienbeing First... we are NOT discussing Republicans vs Democrats. Over the course of the past 150 both parties have changed dramatically. It was not until the early 20th century that the Republican party became the party of conservatives. So, which political party passed Jim Crow laws 150 years ago is not relevant.

And I really doubt any amount of statistics is going to change your view on this so I won't waste either of our time. Also, ten minutes of research on your party would easily confirm what I'm saying. I simply don't have the time or inclination to teach U.S. history to you.

@Charles1971 Yes we are discussing Republicans and Democrats. Conservatism is always attributed to the Republican party.

The remainder of your reply is merely self serving and without fact. Last, I assure you that you have no capability of teaching me history, none at all.

@Alienbeing It seems this discussion is done since you are obviously not even aware of the histories of the Democrat and Republican parties and how they have both changed over the past 150 years. I'd strongly advise that you read up on the subject.

@Charles1971 I strongly suggest you are blovating. I am very well aware of how each major party approached issues and I am also well aware that the major change occurred when the "Solid South" left the Democtatic party because of Lyndon Johnson's approach to race.

As I said, you can't teach, but you can (and do) make believe you know the subject. Actually maybe you do, but your opinion is obviously prejudiced (meaning pre-judged) so you related feeling, not fact.

At the Federal level we are not, nor ever were, nor were even intended to be a Democracy.

@Alienbeing Ahh, someone else has read parts of at least Volume One of the Records of the 1787 Federal Convention, and perhaps has heard many people refer to “our democracy”

Descriptive dictionaries will be correct in saying oligarchy and democracy are the same. Prescriptive dictionaries will br correct in saying the two are not the same.