Category Archives: Conservatives

Conservative Claims of Cultural Oppression: On the Nature and Origins of Conservaphobia (Transgender Edition)

Posted on March 3, 2024 by Luke Ford

01:00 Conservative Claims of Cultural Oppression: On the Nature and Origins of Conservaphobia (Transgender Edition), https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15428403:00 Philosopher Rony Guldmann, https://ronyguldmann.com/38:00 Hero systems, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=14653448:00 Liberal and conservative reactions to gay identity1:02:00 The rise of Christian nationalism1:08:00 The buffered identity purports to … Continue reading →

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Why Is The Right So Dumb?

Posted on January 16, 2024 by Luke Ford

Nathan Cofnas writes: The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) ranks the world’s universities based on objective criteria such as the number of publications they produce in Nature and Science and how many of their alumni have won Nobel Prizes … Continue reading →

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Decoding The Republican Brain (8-8-23)

Posted on August 8, 2023 by Luke Ford

01:00 The Republican Brain, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=14972404:00 People Often Base Their Worldview On Bogus Facts, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=14951043:00 HP: Richard Hanania, Rising Right-Wing Star, Wrote For White Supremacist Sites Under Pseudonym, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=14967244:00 Steve Sailer: Richard Hanania’s “The Origins of Woke: Civil Rights Law, Corporate … Continue reading →

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The Republican Brain

Posted on August 8, 2023 by Luke Ford

Philosopher Rony Guldmann writes in his work in progress Conservative Claims of Cultural Oppression: On the Nature and Origins of Conservaphobia: * Much of the new conservative phrenology is summarized in science writer Chris Mooney’s The Republican Brain, which offers … Continue reading →

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What Is Conservatism?

Posted on July 2, 2023 by Luke Ford

In his 2015 book, Key Concepts in Politics and International Relations, Andrew Heywood wrote: * The central themes of conservative ideology are tradition, human imperfection, organic society, authority and property. For a conservative, tradition reflects the accumulated wisdom of the … Continue reading →

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