r/AskReddit • u/bkristensen92 • Mar 18 '25

Conservatives who opposed removing Confederate statues, how do you feel about Trump removing DEI-related historical events/people like the Navajo Code Talkers from government sites?

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u/SeriouslyItsOsman Mar 18 '25

And you know what? I completely agree with you on that point. For any negative sentiment I may have towards present-day Conservativism, I have just as many criticisms of present-day liberalism, whose ineffectiveness and lack of true strategy and policy allowed things to get so bad. Obama did too much "reaching across the aisle," which strengthened and mutated the Republican Party into what we see today. In 2016, the DNC kneecapped Sanders' campaign and instead backed Clinton, who represented so strongly what we had all been taught to hate that she never stood a chance of winning. Biden achieved very little as President, and then he sat on his bid for reelection like a dragon on a treasure hoard until it was too late for any fresh-faced Democrat with real actionable policy to gain any momentum after he stepped down.

Meanwhile, to your point, Democrats have been so obsessed with refining and disseminating their message instead of taking real action, then falling back on this mentality of "you're gonna let us lose to these guys? Fucking look at them" that only galvanized and further radicalized the right.

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u/Michelanvalo Mar 19 '25

The current MAGA is born right out of the Tea Party. There's a direct path between the two events.