Lately, I've been encountering a lot of Republicans who have been abandoning conservative ideals. They don't care about civic responsibility and standing up for others who are abused. Instead, they only care about "What's in it for me?" Many of these Republicans believe in might makes right, power politics, war of all against all, and state of nature ideas. They believe people have the right to be abusive, and those in society who aren't willing to be abused or insist that others step in to correct abuse are pushing their values onto the abusive. Obviously, these Republicans are anti-intellectuals who are stuck in their ways. They don't care about principle before practice. They just insist on judging others are impractical, and calling them wise guys for not having "common sense" since they don't fit in with the intimidating and those the intimidating intimidate.
Furthermore, a lot of these Republicans seem to be embracing utilitarian ideas for why we should allow society to tell individuals to conform to popular norms. They believe in popularity contests where people dictate their opinions as normal, making appeals to common sense, and then abusing people in telling them to conform to norms or those people are bullies for making everyone else's life difficult around them. They also believe the definition of words is subjective, and again, telling people what's the right definition of a word "pushes their values on us".
How should these Republicans be dealt with?
Furthermore, a lot of these Republicans seem to be embracing utilitarian ideas for why we should allow society to tell individuals to conform to popular norms. They believe in popularity contests where people dictate their opinions as normal, making appeals to common sense, and then abusing people in telling them to conform to norms or those people are bullies for making everyone else's life difficult around them. They also believe the definition of words is subjective, and again, telling people what's the right definition of a word "pushes their values on us".
How should these Republicans be dealt with?
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