@EdgeOErin once upon a time, conservatives had among their ranks people who *weren’t* morons. You could disagree with them vehemently and remain civil, probably largely due to them having reasons rooted in logic/reason, etc. Examples include William F. Buckley.

Those days are gone and buried. These days the Conservative ideology has people who’ll argue about the shape of the earth. They embrace ignorance and hold it in the same regard as knowledge. As a political position, it was sold out or co-opted by the lure and love of filthy luchre.