The completely smug density of right wingers

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@Kimstu

To be fair, I have seen quite a few formerly self-identified conservatives on these boards talking about how they gave up on the Republican Party post-, or prior to, Trump, and how they still wish they had a sane conservative party to support in order to promote aspects of conservative ideology that they like, but failing that, they’re willing to hold their noses and keep voting Democratic for the duration. I think that counts as the sort of admission of fallibility and willingness to sacrifice that you’re talking about.

I was tempted to say something similar. See this thread, for instance:

My job as a Republican

My prediction is that by post 2 this will be turned into an anti-Trump thread. At least I’m going to try. I consider myself a moderate Republican meaning fiscally conservative and recognizing the deficit/debt problem is due to both sides of the aisle but I am a social progressive/libertarian. I am pro-choice. I don’t care if you smoke weed. Public schools are the greatest invention this country has ever come up with (besides the Cinnabon) and we need to eliminate any and all public funding …

Since part of the essence of conservativism (small-c conservativisim, stripped of the political baggage and the particular people and issues it has become associated with of late) is resistance to change, I wonder if conservatives are inherently more resistant to changing their minds and their perspectives.