“There’s also a lot of conviction out there that if conservatives cede a broad-based opposition to homo ‘rights,’ drug use, open borders, etc., then the U.S. will spin farther and faster into the toilet.”
I have never advocated in favor of those behaviors, none of which are acceptable in a civilized society. Of course you can’t placate some of the hysterics in this thread, but they already decided in advance that they’re only going to hear what they want to hear.
Well, that’s all fine.
I don’t know if I am supposed to be one of the hysterics you’re talking about.
But if the best we are offered is “I have never advocated” or “I have never opposed” blah blah-—then the conservative vote turnout will be even worse in the next election than in the last.