Matthew McManus writes that those who imagine that there was a pre-Trump iteration of the US right in which the right was moderate are indulging in fantasy.
The right has long been driven by the radical determination to turn back the tide of equal rights for minority groups and legislate the notion that some people are superior to others.
#Repubicans #conservatives #CivilRights #HumanRights
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/the-rights-reactionary-spirit-predates
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