Thread by @JerryDunleavy

So @RadioFreeTom’s whole shtick is that he is a True Conservative™ fighting in the wilderness against everyone else who has sold out & don’t believe in conservative principles anymore.

Let’s take a quick survey of his stances. I’ll let you decide if it’s actual conservatism. 1/

Abortion? I think his views on that have been pretty obvious in the current discussion, but you don’t have to take my word for it. And look at the way he talks to one of the best pro-life writers out there. Is this conserving conservatism? 2/

What about the Second Amendment? Apparently the conservative position on that is to misrepresent the position of pro-Second Amendment advocates, to argue for strict gun control, and to call on Senators to run gun manufacturers out of their states. Conservatism! Who knew? 3/

Okay so he’s socially liberal, but at least he’s fiscally conservative, right? Super concerned about the debt & deficits & stuff like that, right?

LOL. Nope. 4/

What about confirming originalist Supreme Court Justices? Well... no he doesn’t think that’s the conservative thing to do if the nominee gets angry when he’s baselessly accused of running gang rape rings. 5/

How about recognizing Jerusalem as the rightful capital of Israel? If you’re a real conservative, you “couldn’t care less.” 6/

The version of conservatism that @RadioFreeTom is Very Disappointed™ in the rest of us for not fighting for requires: being pro-abortion, pro gun control, meh on fiscal restraint, opposing an originalist SCOTUS nominee, and not caring about moving the embassy to Jerusalem. 7/

I’ll let y’all decide if that’s actually conservatism or not. But the bottom line is that Tom Nichols is Jennifer Rubin with more cats and a book on why he’s an expert. And he should probably be taken with that level of seriousness. /fin