Well, that may be a bit over-stated, though not in the parlance of the Democratic Party and its propaganda agents in the news media. What Gallup really found, in its annual survey of U.S. values and beliefs, is that social conservatism is on the rise, and has reached its highest level in a decade, since 2012. Gee…what…a…surprise…
Gallup, being, as much as it tries to fight it, also infected with partisan bias, doubletalks its explanation for charts like these:
…saying, “The shift is mostly due to increasing social conservatism among Republicans, at a time when social issues such as transgender rights, abortion and other hot-button concerns are prominent in the national public debate.” Ah. So the shift to more conservative views is due to people shifting to more conservative views, is it? Perceptive!
In the interest of not burying the lede, I would argue that Gallup should come right out and say that the Left’s increasing shrill extremism on myriad fronts is pushing increasing numbers of the public to oppose it, and simply blaming the phenomenon on “Republicans” is ignoring the power of our old pal, the cognitive dissonance scale.
If progressivism was in positive territory for a sane individual not completely addled by wokeness, such negative dwellers on the scale as abortion up to the moment of birth, biological males being allowed to compete in women’s sports, children being encouraged to use LGBTQ pronouns in school and indoctrinated into transgender fadism, anti-white discrimination, open borders and this…
…then according to Dr. Festinger’s useful and generally accepted theory, being associated with that ideology is going to act like an anchor…and should.
Of course, such surveys are just snapshots in time. Never underestimate the willingness of conservatives to embrace some outrageous policy of their own to serve as their own anchor.
Ethics Alarms 
Is the headline clickbait? I suppose so, but in my defense, according to President Biden’s “Soul of the Nation” speech, which the MSM loved loved loved, holding conservative view and opposing the current Democratic regime is the equivalent of fascism. I think “sorry, not sorry” may apply.
As Mussolini defined it, fascism is when you put the welfare of the group above the welfare of the individual. He criticized democracies for defining rights for individuals instead of rights for groups.
I would agree that this sentiment is growing in the US.
Under fascism, the government works hand-in-hand with private companies to get things done. The government issues orders to companies to carry out, for the good of society.
I would agree that this sentiment is growing in the US.
So yes, fascism and fascist thinking are DEFINITELY growing in the US.
My point of view: the Left is obsessed with HATE.
Fascism has to involve some form of hatred. If it doesn’t, they can’t (they will anyway) compare you to Nazis.
I think Italian-Style Fascism is far more prevalent.
It is the alliance of the State and business.
Crony-Capitalism. (Which we probably have now—too big to fail businesses).
FDR definitely pushed things in that direction.
But, the Left’s emphasis on Nazi-style fascism absolves them of the fact that they advocate Italian-style fascism—the OG Fascists (sorry Jack, I know you don’t like abbreviations).
-Jut
Don’t ya just love the “Tolerance” love trumps hate stickers on cars😆
Most self proclaimed progressives are about as tolerant as the media was to Trump.
It does seem to me that the alliance between the Fortune 1000 and government to effect societal values in their quest for market share and power grew over the last decade but I believe the pendulum has swung as far left as it can. What we can expect from the left is them pulling out all the stops to prevent losing ground.
When you ask Americans a question that both sides are convinced the other side are guilty of promoting it stands to reason that most Americans believe X is on the rise. The rise of Fascism is one of those beliefs.
The early stages of fascism are usually insidious by way of being disguised as something else, something beneficial or benevolent. The fact this formula continues to work is testament to just how stupid and gullible humans are. Pass the Cheetos please and all is well in my world…
I’m not sure if this is related to what this poll shows (I think it is), but here in Chicago/Illinois, apart from the hardcore woke strongholds, there is noticeably fewer rainbow flags and fewer signage. I truly think that many normal/sensible people (in the middle) were doped by the media hysteria going back to Obama’s second term or in lead up to it—the point at which the MSM, most of it, dropped all pretenses and fully embraced their role as left’s propaganda arm—but are now waking up as the left overplays its hand. I think this Trump’s indictment is a sign of the left’s desperation: they know there’ll be huge push back, and they desperately need to keep the WH, and their best chance is with Trump winning the GOP nomination.
You can cling to a poll telling you what you want to hear, but the reality is that society is changing and it won’t change back. The people of coming age think drastically differently from those leaving this world, regardless of what a preferred poll may say. I don’t know what the future holds, but to dream that society is moving back in the direction of once was is just that, a dream.
I’ll now be less polite about Trump’s indictment since I don’t mind if I get banned. Trump did something utterly disgusting with the classified documents. I can’t comprehend how you even care whether or not Hillary Clinton got better treatment than Trump did. We should have the highest standards for the highest office in the land. And it’s not only the Justice Department’s right but their obligation to find out what happened to all these important national security documents. And if they discover he mishandled them as egregiously as he did, given that he might be in charge of the country again then the country should absolutely know. It is utterly irrelevant that a has-been former politician from the other party may or may not have done crimes of a similar magnitude. This country should not be a competition between rival factions, but instead we should all work towards building the best society we can.
You do realize your comment is self-contradictory and makes no sense, right?
First, to dispose of this foolishness: “You can cling to a poll telling you what you want to hear, but the reality is that society is changing and it won’t change back. The people of coming age think drastically differently from those leaving this world, regardless of what a preferred poll may say. I don’t know what the future holds, but to dream that society is moving back in the direction of once was is just that, a dream.”
..there was nothing in that post that suggested that I was “clinging” to anything.The post simply explained why there was an uptick, and it was an accurate analysis. The old “the times they are a changin'” chant by the Left is older than dirt, and just saying it is not an argument. The young generation is always dumb, emotional and deluded, and people like you are always predicting that they will stay that way. They won’t. It’s a lazy and facile assumption, but be all means, if it gives you hope for a world with open borders, socialism, re-education camps and President AOC, dig in.
Of course “We should have the highest standards for the highest office in the land,” but a single individual shouldn’t be the sole object of that standard. EA has been making that point for more than a decade. You can’t write that, and say that another Presidential candidate being held to a different standard “shouldn’t matter.” Of course it matters. If you want to build the best society, then everyone must be held to the same standards. The standard that parties shouldn’t try to use the criminal justice system against their opponents has existed for centuries, and it’s a crucial standard. Eliminating it, for Trump or anyone (I never advocated prosecuting Hillary during the campaign), is suicidal. So you’re advocating doubles standard but the highest standards.
You don’t get banned here for writing a comment like that. You just lose respect and credibility.
By a different Gallup poll, 80 percent of the country is now in favor of gay marriage. It’s nearly 90 percent amongst the under 30 group. On so many other social issues there also have been huge changes over the years. The trend is pretty relentless. And calling us Democrats socialists is just an old trope. They’re just one wing of the party and not a particularly powerful one. Most of us are in fact favor of a capitalist system.
And then we have “The standard that parties shouldn’t try to use the criminal justice system against their opponents has existed for centuries, and it’s a crucial standard.” This is so typical of the Republican mindset, this idea that the main reason we are interested in doing something about Trump’s egregious behavior is political. Guess what. If it turned out that Biden was caught doing the same thing, I’d be the loudest cheerleader for his prosecution, and I think most Democrats are the same way. We don’t have this fealty for our great leader, where no matter what he does, if he’s prosecuted it’s only politics and he’s being treated unfairly. I actually wouldn’t mind if someday the endless unsubstantiated accusations against Biden were shown to be true, because that would mean flushing a corrupt leader from the system. Our society owes Biden nothing, and it owes Trump nothing. The president is just the government employee with the largest portfolio.
“This is so typical of the Republican mindset, this idea that the main reason we are interested in doing something about Trump’s egregious behavior is political.” Sure, Michael. Two contrived impeachments for non-impeachable offenses. The New York indictment. The claims that the the 26th Amendment should be invoked. The unprecedented mass boycott of Trump’s inauguration because the House whip claimed he was illegitimate. The Russian investigation taking the hand-off from Clinton’s opposition research. Not political at all! How can you look at yourself in the mirror after writing such obvious garbage?
You’re not typical. I gave sexual harassment seminars using photos of VP Biden as examples of clear harassing conduct, and the Democratic Party, the party of #MeToo, nominated him anyway, even after trying to use sexual harassment as the weapon to defeat the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh. The party has squandered any credibility it might have regarding its pursuit of Trump, starting when they tried to argue for immediate impeachment using the archaic Emoluments clause (that they never mentioned during the campaign).
Now, as has already been predicted by another commenter, every President will he hamstrung the way Trump was. The GOP only understands revenge and tit-for-tat, just like the Democrats. Any time the opposing party has a sufficient majority in Congress, they’ll impeach the opposition party’s President. Meanwhile multiple state prosecutors will be working to find a crime that can eliminate their party’s opposition. That’s what this prosecution guarantees. You think that’s the way to build “the best society”? How foolish.
Oh–I almost forgot to mention the irrelevance of the gay marriage poll. It isn’t only conservatives who once opposed gay marriage—it was Democrats like Obama and Clinton too. And conservatives and Republican didn’t unanimously oppose it. The fact is that it was an ancient bias that once made sense, but once people focused on reality and the principles of the Bill of Rights and the Constitution, that bias withered away. I was arguing for same-sex marriages when I was in college, once I got to know some gay couples. It was a classic example of ethics evolution: people figured out that discriminating against gays was wrong, just like Democrats eventually figured out that discriminating against blacks was wrong.
Sorry, gay marriage has generally been more acceptable to Democrats to Republicans (with exceptions) due to the fact that much objection comes from religious people. Obama pretended to be opposed to it for political reasons but he pretty obviously never had a problem with it. A lot of socially conservative positions are correlated to religious beliefs, and society has generally gotten more liberal on them over time.
The fact that one party or another may like one position doesn’t make it a partisan position. Gay marriage was eventually recognized as a Constitutional necessity. “Obama pretended to be opposed to it”? Wow, that’s admirable.
The second impeachment was political? Several Republicans joined the Democrats in both houses. And I most certainly wouldn’t give it a pass if a Democratic candidate pretended he won an election he lost and sent an enraged mob to the Capitol the day it was to be finalized. It’s ridiculous that I even have to write this. I honestly don’t get this “loyalty” concept to presidents. They work for us; we don’t work for them. If they exhibit egregious behavior they deserve to be fired. They’re as human as we are and don’t deserve some kind of special exalted status.
Too stupid and dishonest a comment to respond to. Do better and argue honestly, or you will be banned.
And I honestly don’t know what this–-“I honestly don’t get this “loyalty” concept to presidents. They work for us; we don’t work for them. If they exhibit egregious behavior they deserve to be fired. They’re as human as we are and don’t deserve some kind of special exalted status” even refers to. EA has never espoused any “loyalty” principle. It does hold, correctly, that all elected Presidents are due the same deference and respect necessary for the office to retain its necessary influence and power for that and future Presidents.
[READER ALERT! This guy is now banned, for reasons that will become obvious when you read his final comment, below. Remember, don’t reply if he tries to sneak back on. If you read all of his comments over the last few days, it is obvious that he came here convinced that he was battling some kind of doctrinaire Republican, and never paid attention to what was really being said. “I know you will disagree” was his trademark line. He didn’t know. Sad. My last response to this jerk is below.]
Jack.
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I don’t have to put up with insults like that. You constantly behave in a degrading fashion towards others and now you impugn my integrity and intelligence because of political disagreements. You are a truly disgusting human being.
At any rate, people like yourself, the old white male conservatives who despise those who think differently from themselves, are going to die out over time. Your replacements will be largely be better human beings. I can wait patiently. Time is not on your side
Oh, goody. Determined to get yourself banned, you managed after all, and I gave you a lot of rope. This statement “And I most certainly wouldn’t give it a pass if a Democratic candidate pretended he won an election he lost and sent an enraged mob to the Capitol the day it was to be finalized” is, as I said, stupid and dishonest, and if one writes stupid and dishonest things here, expect to be called on them.
Trump didn’t “pretend” that he won: he genuinely believed, and believes, that the election was stolen. Saying so is not an impeachable offense by any precedent or standards. Nor is telling supporters to exercise their Constitutional right by protesting at the Capitol. In fact, it is protected speech. Trump was wildly irresponsible, but that’s not impeachable either. The statement that the second impeachment wasn’t political because a couple of Republicans like Mitt Romney embarrassed themselves by voting for it is typical of your level of analysis in your last several comments.
This one, of course, is virtually self-banning as well as a smoking gun indicating a biased and untrained mind: “At any rate, people like yourself, the old white male conservatives who despise those who think differently from themselves, are going to die out over time. Your replacements will be largely be better human beings. I can wait patiently. Time is not on your side.”
I don’t despise people who think differently—if I did, I’d hate most people. Most of my closest friends think differently—they’re just smart and fair enough to argue rationally. For the second time in a single day, you stooped to the fatuous, “We’re on the right side of history” trope. Most of your arguments are rationalizations—that one is on the list. It is the arrogant screech of someone who can’t defend their knee-jerk position with logic, so we get that. If you knew your US and World history, you would know that “We’re on the right side of history” has been used by some of the most destructive and idiotic movements in human existence, from all sides of the political spectrum. I am proud to say that none of my friends have ever said that, because while I have many who disagree with me, none of my friends are that arrogant and intellectually lazy.
Why was DC boarded up prior to the election in 2020? The reason was that it was in anticipation of a potential Trump win. When Trump won in 2015 there was a major riot with extensive property damage done on his inauguration day. Which political party members attacked the White House in December which led to hundreds of law enforcement persons injured and the church across from Lafayette Square being burned. Everyone charged had their charges dropped. None were labeled insurrectionists despite using incendiary devices. Spare me the diatribe about Trump sending rioters to the Capitol
Every time I see that image of Biden, I can’t help but think of the Numa Numa guy.
I’m simply shocked, shocked that someone hasn’t yet animated Bidens image superimposed over this gentleman’s enthusiasm.