# Is there any part of the Republican agenda that is actually popular?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-part-of-the-republican-agenda-that-is-actually-popular/804647
**Category:** Politics & Elections
**Created:** [December 16, 2017, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-part-of-the-republican-agenda-that-is-actually-popular/804647 "2017-12-16T16:32:35Z")
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### Author: ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2018, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-part-of-the-republican-agenda-that-is-actually-popular/804647/81 "2018-01-28T04:16:24Z")

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> [@k9bfriender](#):
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> I dunno, some on that list are bit hyperbolic, but still are on the correct side of the political spectrum, if extreme, and most of the others are pretty dead on…

I find that with even the most well-meaning conservatives, there is a great deal of “othering” when it comes to blacks, gays, Muslims, immigrants and other people who aren’t just like them. By which I mean that these people are thought of and referred to as “outsiders”. Fine in small, non-threatening numbers. But suddenly a cause for concern if the start to form larger groups or assert their rights.

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### Author: ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2018, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-part-of-the-republican-agenda-that-is-actually-popular/804647/82 "2018-01-28T17:59:20Z")

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> [@msmith537](#):
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> I find that with even the most well-meaning conservatives, there is a great deal of “othering” when it comes to blacks, gays, Muslims, immigrants and other people who aren’t just like them. By which I mean that these people are thought of and referred to as “outsiders”. Fine in small, non-threatening numbers. But suddenly a cause for concern if the start to form larger groups or assert their rights.

It is usually couched in terms like “Cultural Identity” and stuff like that.

Unfortunately, not entirely a problem contained on the right.

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