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@Double_R
I am generally fine with government technology that allows them to "spy" on us to a reasonable extent provided it makes us safer.
The patriot act is backed by the majority in both parties(Americans Generally Comfortable With Patriot Act (gallup.com)). Although if Trump said we need to spy on American households and keep the Patriot Act, right wing media called it fighting terrorism, left wing media called it racist for singling out people of color; if all of that happened, I believe your mind would change on the issue.
What conservative belief(s) do you have?Can't think of very many.
Is it, "Can't think of very many.", or is it, "Nothing. The left is always correct."? Part of me thinks it's the ladder.
Some traditions conservatives do not want to support:
- Roe V Wade
- The progressive income tax
- Trump is not a traditional president
The GOP isn't consistent either with being pro status quo.You're confusing ideology and political party.
Political parties should have an ideology, otherwise it's an arbitrary combination of ideas (which is fine for a genuine independent to have, but automatically following the GOP 100% of the time is being a sheep).