So give us a list of who you find to be acceptable conservatives. And while you’re at it a list of who you want to kick out of your movement.
I tend to draw wide parameters for conservatism. Our movement is a broad one.
Those who stand on the founding principles of our country, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that nobody gets special privileges and nobody gets special disadvantages, that the law must be enforced, that the power of the government — especially of the Federal government — must be severely limited, the principles of free enterprise, strong defense, equal opportunity, individual liberty and security for that liberty; are part of the conservative movement. We may disagree on various issues, but we generally agree on principles, and as President Reagan once said, my 80 percent friend is not my 20 percent enemy.
Those who stand for white nationalism, ethnocentricity, the centrality of race, identitarianism, and the like are something other than conservatives. Those who believe that racial identity is the central defining characteristic of a person or a group are not conservatives. Those who reject the founding principles of inalienable rights and that all men are created equal are not conservatives. We may be in agreement with them on some issues, but they are not our friends, nor are they our allies. That’s why people like Willis Carto were read out of the movement half a century ago, and it’s why we need to steer clear of the alt-right today.
There is no reason to give those people a platform.