Thread by @willchamberlain

A thread.

PEACETIME CONSERVATIVES VS. WARTIME CONSERVATIVES.

Peacetime conservatives try to persuade their adversaries to adopt their point of view.

Wartime conservatives try to make their adversaries suffer cognitive dissonance.

Peacetime conservatives renounce government power and the prospect of making new law.

Wartime conservatives advocate using government power and writing new laws to achieve conservative ends.

Peacetime conservatives think that social media companies should "enjoy the blessings of liberty."

Wartime conservatives think that platform access is a civil right.

Peacetime conservatives lecture about the importance of civility.

Wartime conservatives are too busy brawling to listen.

Peacetime conservatives worry about setting precedents Democrats could exploit in the future.

Wartime conservatives recognize that Democrats routinely do unprecedented things when in power.

Peacetime conservatives complain that their colleagues have abandoned their principles.

Wartime conservatives refuse to adhere to self-defeating principles.

Peacetime conservatives think college students should pay off their college debts.

Wartime conservatives think odious college debt is a good excuse to seize university endowments.

Peacetime conservatives insist that facts don't care about your feelings.

Wartime conservatives know that the scoreboard doesn't care about your facts.

Peacetime conservatives voted for Hillary Clinton, Evan McMullin, or stayed home.

Wartime conservatives voted for Donald Trump.

FIN.