Comments by "Craxin01" (@Craxin01) on "When Did the ‘F*ck Your Feelings’ Crowd Get So Triggered? | Joe Berkowitz interview" video.

I'd say the whole, "fact don't care about your feelings" part of the conservative movement is the outlier. Conservativism has always been an appeal to emotion. The central question being, "weren't things better in the past?" It's angry nostalgia as policy prescription.
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@yeevita Hate and fear are not, in and of themselves, bad emotions. Hatred of injustice and fear of authoritarian rule are totally reasonable. Conservatives hate minorities and fear inclusion. You could also use love and respect to define conservatism. Love of the past or of authoritarian ideals and respect for power or religion over secular values. It's all where you draw the lines.
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@yeevita You kind of refuted your own point. It's not the emotions that are good or bad, it's how you act on them. We have these emotions for a reason. They are evolutionary traits that have served us for millennia. Yes, they can be negative at times and can be made to harm us, as the way conservatives have been doing. Seriously though, do you not hate and fear Trump, his movement, and its adherents? One could accurately portray the progressive movement as an appeal to hate and fear. Hell, it's exactly what the conservatives ARE doing! They call progressives hateful of white people, Christianity, Trump, MAGA, etc. and afraid of losing their power. We're all motivated by emotions, we are emotional beings.
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