The past six years have left us with plenty of questions about the true nature of conservatism, such as: Is conservatism a real political philosophy, or has it always been nothing more than a tax-scam for the wealthy?
But for me, one of the biggest questions about right-wingers is this: Why are so many conservatives, who claim to be champions of individual liberty against the tyrannical power of the state, downright eager to give the state the essentially unchecked power to kill?
Furthermore, why do these self-anointed guardians of morality continue to champion this immoral power, capital punishment, even in the face of overwhelming evidence that the death penalty is abused with appalling frequency? Why do these wingers keep baying for blood even when DNA evidence has exposed horrifying numbers of wrongful convictions?" ...
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