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An example of the second point is evident in the right-wing populists' continuous defenses of Arizona U.S. representative Paul Gosar, who associated with white supremacist and Holocaust denier [[Nicholas J. Fuentes|Nick Fuentes]]. [https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/paul-gosar-hangs-out-with-racists-to-own-the-libs/][https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/06/__trashed-4/] On social media, they have been known to use logical fallacies via deflections when confronted on Gosar's indefensible associations. | An example of the second point is evident in the right-wing populists' continuous defenses of Arizona U.S. representative Paul Gosar, who associated with white supremacist and Holocaust denier [[Nicholas J. Fuentes|Nick Fuentes]]. [https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/paul-gosar-hangs-out-with-racists-to-own-the-libs/][https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/06/__trashed-4/] On social media, they have been known to use logical fallacies via deflections when confronted on Gosar's indefensible associations. | ||
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Revision as of 02:49, November 10, 2021
This essay is an original work by Liberaltears. Please comment only on the talk page.
Being someone who just a year ago was considerably less informed of U.S. history compared to as of right now when typing this essay, I admit I previously was led to believe that right-wing populism was just a stronger wing of the conservative movement. However, having now paid closer attention and studied key aspects of history, my views have flipped, to say the least.
Here are a few key points to firstly recognize:
- Right-wing populism is not conservatism. Right-wing populists reject traditional fiscal conservatism, for example, and justify domestic government spending programs, aka welfare.
- Right-wing populism emphasizes achieving its goals by "whatever means possible." As such, its leaders in particular tend to lack moral principles in their zealous vanities.
- Right-wing populists do not believe as conservatives do in judging people individually by the content of their character. Similar to leftists, they tend to focus heavily on racial demographics.
- While conservatives tend to believe in a merit-based immigration system, right-wing populists advocate ending immigration entirely under the belief that doing so will resolve societal problems pertaining to the social fabric.
An example of the second point is evident in the right-wing populists' continuous defenses of Arizona U.S. representative Paul Gosar, who associated with white supremacist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes. [1][2] On social media, they have been known to use logical fallacies via deflections when confronted on Gosar's indefensible associations.
Right-wing populists view the roots of Jacksonian democracy as a basis for preferred policies to pursue, even though history has shown regarding the 1800s that the Jacksonians were liberal populists while the conservatives were the pro-business Whig Party.