[ExI] antiscience from both sides

[Dylan Distasio]

I don't have an interest in getting too deep down this rabbit hole, but I
do agree that in general Trump is not really a classical Republican, let
alone right wing on many issues.   That said, I can give you an easy answer
on why he is tolerated by SOME real conservatives.   He has appointed a ton
of judges including SCOTUS ones, and has consistently sided with
conservatives on the issues of abortion and religion.   This is enough for
a lot of them under the circumstances.   Trump's actual base is a lot more
complicated to pin down tough.

In terms of spending, both parties are now very similar and have been for a
very long time.

On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 11:28 AM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> He knows how to appeal to right wingers.  I don’t see anything a bit right
> wing about how the US government is running.  Do you?
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> spike
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> *Well now there's an interesting question.  Let's lay aside the issue of
> money and debt for the nonce.  If it's not right wing, it's either left
> wing or a combination.  Which is it?  What has come out of D.C.in
> <http://D.C.in> the last couple of years that we can point to and say
> conservative, or liberal?  Trump's base is red, so what's red that he has
> done or Congress has done?  If Spike is right, then the red base hasn't
> gotten what it wanted and should be unhappy with T.*
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> *bill w*
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> On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 9:46 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>> > *On Behalf Of *John Clark via extropy-chat
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>> *> **They don’t.  That is a cartoon version of rightists.  Your video
>> was a politician clowning.  The guy in the picture isn’t a right-winger by
>> far. *
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>> >…Then why was the political clown performing his antics at the *Conservative
>> *Political Action Conference? And why were the *conservative* clowns in
>> the audience cheering mindlessly at the buffoonish politician?
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>>  John K Clark
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>> He knows how to appeal to right wingers.  I don’t see anything a bit
>> right wing about how the US government is running.  Do you?
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>> spike
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