(07-21-2018 06:05 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(07-21-2018 05:17 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(07-21-2018 03:39 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  Similar political beliefs/common causes between white nationalists (also known as the Alt Right) and many Republicans:

- Strict border enforcement
- Protection of "western values" (see Pat Buchanan's Death of the West for an example of a Republican holding this view)
- Curtailing Civil Rights laws (for white nationalists because of racism, for some Republicans, to combat federalism/remove regulations)
- As mentioned above, generally reducing federal power and strengthening states rights
- A strong disdain for "political correctness" that often revolves around race, gender, or sexual orientation

There are connections in the ideas between the two groups. I would say the big difference is what the underpinning/foundation of the idea is built on. A vast majority of Reps do not build those ideas on racism, while those on the fringe do.

What is wrong with strict border enforcement?

What civil rights laws are being curtailed?

What is wrong with reducing Federal power and strengthening states rights. Or what is right about reducing state's rights and strengthening Federal power?

Political correctness itself revolves around race, sex, or sexual orientation, for both proponents and opponents of it.

I never said there was anything wrong with any of those ideas. I said they are shared opinions/political goals.

That’s like me asking what’s wrong with making sure people have health care, housing, etc. with respect to shared political ideas of liberals and communists...

In one aspect you castigate conservatives for having a 'faction' of white nationalists for sharing very broad (broad enough to be bs) goals, in fact you supplied 'proof' of political congruence consisting of supposed common goals but with vastly different reasons.

Above you indicate that the common goals of communism and progressivism are not in any way, shape, or form proof of relation or political congruence or factionality *because* of differences in reason and/or scope.

Simple question: which is it Lad?