>Where does it end from there? Do hotels and restaurants in California demand to see proof that you are a registered Democrat before you are allowed to patronize them? Do liberal employers start carrying out mass firings of conservative employees?
Except those are false equivalences. It's not "conservatives" that are the problem. And they aren't.
They have just as much right as anyone else to their point of view, political preferences and to advocate for them as anyone else.
However, those who would use violence, intimidation and lies to advance their political goals are not conservatives. Or liberals.
They are, at best criminal thugs and, at worst, radical insurrectionists bent on destroying our constitutional republic and the rule of law.
And calling such folks out for their behavior isn't a slap at "conservatives," because those who are honest when they call themselves that (at least in the US) want to preserve our constitutional system of government and the rule of law.
Don't conflate the two. Because they aren't even remotely similar.
Except those are false equivalences. It's not "conservatives" that are the problem. And they aren't.
They have just as much right as anyone else to their point of view, political preferences and to advocate for them as anyone else.
However, those who would use violence, intimidation and lies to advance their political goals are not conservatives. Or liberals.
They are, at best criminal thugs and, at worst, radical insurrectionists bent on destroying our constitutional republic and the rule of law.
And calling such folks out for their behavior isn't a slap at "conservatives," because those who are honest when they call themselves that (at least in the US) want to preserve our constitutional system of government and the rule of law.
Don't conflate the two. Because they aren't even remotely similar.