Conservativism - Matthew Rozsa

The ‘Paranoid Style’ of Alex Jones: Why the right-wing ‘Jade Helm’ insanity won’t go away – and why that’s extremely scary

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Morris Gulett, the leader of a white supremacist religious group that vows to fight to “safeguard the existence of our race, the purity of our blood and the sustenance of our children,” recently expressed support for Dylann Roof, the 21-year-old white supremacist who shot nine people at a black church in Charleston, South Carolina, declaring that “I, for one, am very glad to see young people like Dylann Roof acting like men instead of the old 60’s era hippies stoned on weed and interracial love.”... Read Original Article

A Quote Collector’s Thoughts on Economic Conservatism

Jul 2, 2015 | Conservativism, Economic Policy, mic, Political Ideologies, Satirical Essays

Published: Good Men Project (July 2, 2015)

Matthew Rozsa loves quotes. And he disagrees with economic conservatives. Here’s where he’s going with that.

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“I have gathered a posie of other men’s flowers, and nothing but the thread that binds them is my own.”
– John Bartlett, publisher and editor of “Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations”

Some men collect baseball cards.... Read Original Article

2 Ways Homophobes Will Cope with Post-Obergefell America

Jun 30, 2015 | Conservativism, Gay Rights and Other LGBTQIA Issues, Original Source Salon.com, Political Ideologies, Religion and Religious Issues

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This Is What the Confederate Flag Actually Looks Like

Jun 23, 2015 | Conservativism, Extremism, History, Political Ideologies, Race and Racism

Published: Question of the Day (June 23, 2015)

As the debate rages on over the Confederate flag’s appearance on government land in South Carolina, it’s important to remember one thing: For all the talk of honoring the Palmetto State’s rich history, that flag isn’t the one they fought under during the Civil War.In... Read Original Article

Dylann Roof isn’t mentally ill – he’s a terrorist

Jun 22, 2015 | Conservativism, Extremism, Mental Illness, mic, Political Ideologies, Race and Racism, Terrorism

Published: Daily Dot (June 22, 2015)

Why do we insist on claiming that Dylann Roof was mentally ill? In a recent segment on Fox News, the outlet blamed Roof’s actions on a “troubled past,” arguing that mental illness tends to be “swept under the rug” in these cases, but the exact true is opposite: We tend to use mental illness in place of a more troubling reality—Dylann Roof was a terrorist.... Read Original Article