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Recently (this morning) I read the following post by a fellow forum-goer who shall remain nameless:
I have heard this canard time and time again: Conservatives are voting against their interests. Christians are voting against their interests. The White Working Class is voting against its interests. It is something that is repeated regularly within the press enough to merit its own discussion, i.e., the idea that when I go to the polls and cast my vote for a Republican candidate at the local, state or federal levels, I am voting against my interests.
For those who believe conservatives are indeed voting against their interests, that presumes that you know what mine or other conservatives' interests are. So, I would ask anyone who believes this ideological narrative: What are my interests, specifically? What are conservatives' interests in general? And how does voting for conservative policies and politicians go against those interests?
If you spend decades voting against things that will help you, will this cause a continuous state of anger? When you talk to conservatives these days, it sure does seem to be that way.
I have heard this canard time and time again: Conservatives are voting against their interests. Christians are voting against their interests. The White Working Class is voting against its interests. It is something that is repeated regularly within the press enough to merit its own discussion, i.e., the idea that when I go to the polls and cast my vote for a Republican candidate at the local, state or federal levels, I am voting against my interests.
For those who believe conservatives are indeed voting against their interests, that presumes that you know what mine or other conservatives' interests are. So, I would ask anyone who believes this ideological narrative: What are my interests, specifically? What are conservatives' interests in general? And how does voting for conservative policies and politicians go against those interests?
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