Why, then, do modern commentators persist in referring to modern conservatism as "conservatism"? While Krugman's statement is perversely unimpeachable — "modern conservatism is actually a deeply radical movement" — it also contains a colossally unconcealed contradiction, which is way overdue for journalistic retirement.
But that would require MSM journalists and editors exercising their own judgment against the propaganda of one political party. And that we know they will not do. They couldn't even call torture by its proper name, for Pete's sake.
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