The crypto-racist posts related to immigration reform are the natural outgrowth of the incessant anti-Muslim posts which have become rampant on the forum. If we are allowed to be bigoted against one group then what's so wrong with being bigoted against another? Again, it's a manifestation of 'tribal justice' whereby if a member of one group does something wrong against a member of our group, then they are all guilty and can all be villified, which is always corrupt and unjust. Tribal justice is the antithesis of conservatism, which judges each and every person on their own individual merits.
The forum cannot expect to succeed in rooting out corruption in our government when it tolerates the cruel encouragement of the corruption in people.
Bravo! Well said!
As a Conservative whose primary concern is moral, I find these hard rightists to be the antithesis of conservatism in areas of morality as well, and highly offensive.
But you have nailed it here. To value each person on their own worth as an individual, and not sweep them all into a convenient group or voting block is the essence of conservatism and the polar opposite of the left.
To condemn an entire group by association, whether it be nationality or race OR religion, as is done with regularity by these extremists, is ANTI conservative (as well as being anti-Biblical and anti-American), and needs to be labeled as such.