It's cool that CNN finally fired Rick "frothy mixture" Santorum, but: why him & not all the other racist fuckheads? Why this particular racist thing he said & not all the others? What exactly are the criteria here? It would be great if CNN would lay out some clear standards.
The problem, of course, is that if CNN (or any mainstream institution) clearly articulated standards, it would become clear, not only that cons regularly violate them, but that they are incommensurate with today's conservatism at a fundamental level.
The standard, banal values of any mainstream institution operating in a muticultural democracy -- accuracy, equal access, equal rights -- are incommensurate with today's conservatism, which is ultimately devoted to continued domination of a particular ethnic culture.
It's the same tension I pick at over & over again on this site: mainstream institutions, center-leftists, & VSPs all want to believe US politics is a game played on a field defined by shared values. But cons have rejected those values & are no longer playing the same game.
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