# What makes a "good Republican?"

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**Created:** [February 1, 2019, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-good-republican/828787 "2019-02-01T15:34:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-good-republican/828787/159 "2019-02-06T19:00:40Z")

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> [@Sam\_Stone](#):
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> And in a nutshell, this is the problem with progressivism. There are no limiting principles. Nothing to say, ‘We’ve gone far enough, and now we need to let people live in peace.’ It’s just a never-ending struggle to ‘fix’ everything that prevenfs you from perfecting society.
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> Tell me - under what progressive principle would you stop someone like Trump from closing down all the Starbucks in the country?

That it would cause harm for no good purpose.

As opposed to conservatism, which is \*all about \*harming people for the sake of harming them. Conservatism is all about emulating Sauron; “malice, cruelty and the will to dominate all life.'”

Letting people “live in peace” goes against everything conservatives stand for; only cruelty, suffering and death are acceptable. A conservative isn’t going to let some gays get married and live happily together if he can help it; he’ll beat them to death instead.

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