Record of right-wing wrongs

Two hundred and thirty three years ago, conservatives argued that breaking away from the British Empire was a bad idea, especially if the people became rulers replacing a king. The people would vote for their own selfish interests, conservatives argued, harming the nation and in the end destroying the nation and themselves. It was better to stay under the rule of King George. Democracy is the same as anarchy, they argued.
--One hundred and fifty years ago, conservatives argued that negroes are very childlike, and if they were forced away from the protection and security of the plantations, they would starve and die.
--One hundred and twenty five years ago, conservatives argued that if work time was reduced to 40 hours per week, workers, who are as dumb as oxen, would spend the free time in bars and drink up all their pay. Workers and their families would starve to death.
--One hundred years ago, conservatives argued that women are mindless and superficial and unable to comprehend complicated subjects such as politics. If they were allowed to vote, they would vote for the best looking man, not the most qualified man. The ill-led nation would fall apart.
--Eighty five years ago, conservatives argued that there is a spirit called the “invisible hand of the market place (Tihomp)” that will guide the economy efficiently and brilliantly. If we turn our economy over to the Tihomp spirit, the whole nation will experience unimaginable prosperity. They trusted complete control to Tihomp and the nation collapsed into the Great Depression.
--Seventy five years ago, conservatives argued that negroes were too lazy and undisciplined to become proficient in competitive sports.
--Seventy three years ago, conservatives including Henry Ford, Walt Disney and Prescott Bush, the father and grandfather of two U.S. presidents, argued that there was a rising political star in Europe that we all should admire and emulate. That star’s name was Adolph Hitler.
--Seventy years ago, conservatives argued that Social Security would be a gateway to socialism and would destroy the economy and bankrupt the nation.
--Sixty five years ago, conservatives argued that farming was the only occupation negroes could do unsupervised.
--Fifty years ago, conservatives said nuclear war with the Soviet Union was inevitable. They urged the U.S. to initiate a first strike while the U.S. had nuclear superiority. Otherwise, life on earth would be annihilated before the end of the 20th Century and the Communists would control the burning, radioactive embers.
--Forty four years ago, conservatives argued that medicare is a government program and a gateway to socialism, bankruptcy of the economy and certain destruction of the nation. Not a single Republican voted for it.
--Thirty years ago, conservatives said that abortions were necessary, otherwise dark skinned people soon would outnumber light skinned people and take control of the nation.
--Twenty nine years ago, conservatives said killing fetuses is murder. However, they had no problem denying adequate food, clothing, shelter, healthcare and education to children and watching them die a slow agonizing death of neglect. The new strategy was to knock off dark skinned people at the infant stage, when they no longer were holed up, to prevent the browning of America. Conservatives relish viewing suffering.
--Twenty eight years ago, conservatives claimed that the Soviet Union was the source of all conflicts and wars. If the Soviet Union fell, there would be no more wars. Everyone would receive a “peace dividend,” Ronald Reagan promised. No more taxes would be wasted on the military.
--Eight years ago, conservatives listed 10 infractions of international law that Iraq had perpetrated. Conservatives argue that the government can not be trusted, but they trusted the Bush Administration, even after all 10 justifications for a preemptive invasion of Iraq proved to be false. Bush had information that could not be made public, they argued with total blind faith in their government.
--Today, negroes are surviving and thriving outside the plantations, and one holds the highest office in the nation. They also excel at and dominate most sports. Workers are working only 40 hours per week. They and their families are surviving and thriving. The pubs are doing no better than they did under close social scrutiny of the taverns. Women are voting and the nation is more democratic and caring. Some of the cruelty and meanness are gone, but not all. Thanks to socialism, Seniors not longer are the most impoverished group in the U.S. The majority of seniors are able to pass their accumulated wealth on to their children rather than have it confiscated by the healthcare industry.
--So, why are the conservatives still here? They are alarmists. They have cried “wolf” a thousand times and been wrong a thousand times. They are the primary source of all conflicts, wars, racism, poverty, ignorance, hate, crime and death. The Soviet Union collapsed, but wars are more frequent. Conservatives are the link to our animal predecessors and animal behaviors. They function at a stimulus-response level just like their brainless jellyfish ancestors. When they are gone, wars will be gone; poverty will be gone; conflicts will be minor. We will have evolved into humans, at last. We will see our peace dividend.
--Conservatives remain because we have not evolved very far. The critical problem is that they have 21st Century weapons in their gnarled first century hands.