Jay RosenJan 4, 2023

Semafor said today that "a critical mass of conservatives do not trust McCarthy to lead them..."

Conservatives. Is that what they are?

John Boehner's description of the same crowd in his memoir:

"What they're really interested in is chaos... They want to throw sand in the gears of the hated federal government until it fails."

Are the sowers of chaos properly called "conservatives?"

Is MAGA conservative?

Why do #journalists with a commitment to accuracy maintain this fiction?

#uspolitics

Show threadFemme Malheureuse

@jayrosen_nyu Ask yourself what they are conserving. They won't answer honestly if asked, because they are conserving power for what is now a minority in this country.

What are better labels for a minority of fascist white nationalists since they won't accept the f-word and the media struggles with accepting "white nationalist" as an accurate label?

Jan 4, 2023 at 2:54amWeb
Show threadFizJan 4, 2023
@femme_mal @jayrosen_nyu The answer is in your comment: they are technically Minoritarians, like South African apartheidists or white Rhodesians. Maybe the better term would be ‘Radical Reactionary Minoritarians’. They wax lyrical about some idealised/mythologised past (the reactionary part) but aim to have minority rule held at any cost, even at the cost of democratic or governance principles (the radical Minoritarian part). But conservative they are not.