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Old Posted Aug 9, 2020, 10:42 AM
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i don’t have a great feel for uk conservatism but i feel like the u.s. overton window is so much further to the right that i like to imagine uk conservatives being kind of speechless. in this thought experiment i envision them just turning normie and like buying a ski-doo dealership outside of dallas or something.
This was the case until quite recently but the gap is narrowing. What we don’t have in the UK is the religious fanatic BS (with exception of Northern Ireland to some extent), but the xenophobia and racism are getting there.
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