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American conservatism is a political and social philosophy.

Principles

Conservatism characteristically prioritizes American traditions, republicanism, classical liberalism, and limited federal governmental power in relation to the states, referred to more simply as "limited government" and "states' rights". Conservative and Christian media organizations along with American conservative figures are influential, and American conservatism is one of the majority political ideologies within the Republican Party.

On social issues, American conservatism typically supports Christian values, moral absolutism, traditional family values, and individualism, while opposing abortion and same-sex marriage.

On economic issues it is generally pro-capitalism and pro-business while opposing trade unions. On national issues it often advocates a strong national defense, gun rights, free trade, and a defense of Western culture from perceived threats posed by communism and moral relativism.

Conservatives are substantially more likely than moderates and liberals to distrust science, particularly medical science, climate science, and evolution (on this last one defering to Creationism).

History

Although conservatism has much older roots in American history, the modern movement began to gel in the mid–1930s, when intellectuals and politicians collaborated with businessmen to oppose the liberalism of the New Deal, led by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, newly energized labor unions and big-city Democratic machines. After World War II, that coalition gained strength from new philosophers and writers who developed an intellectual rationale for conservatism, further ratified by Richard Nixon's 1968 United States presidential election win, the Vietnam War loss, and President Ronald Reagan rejuvenation of the conservative Republican ideology, with tax cuts, greatly increased defense spending, deregulation, a policy of rolling back communism, a greatly strengthened military and appeals to family values and conservative Judeo-Christian morality (also known as the Reagan Era).

Americam conservatism and furry

Stew Peters laying down the blame of the Buffalo massacre on furries

Based on internal/external studies/surveys,^{[citation needed]} there is a contingency of conservative furries within the furry fandom, including some notable people (Scott Ruggels, Ralph Hayes, Jr., Grubbs Grizzly, Alex Spastic, Cigarskunk, etc).

And, although mainstream conservatism and the fandom have had almost no interactions in the past, mostly satirical and/or comical in nature (see: The Rush Limbaugh Show), at the beginning of 2022, some conservatives parental rights advocates started to target furries based on the unfounded allegations that American school's educators were giving special treatment to furry students, which conservative viewed as further proof on indoctrination of the political left of their children.

Even though all allegations were dismissed by school principals, the "claims" continued on in the first half of 2022, getting more ridiculous by the post:

Cafeteria tables are being lowered in certain @RoundRockISD middle and high schools to allow 'furries' to more easily eat without utensils or their hands (ie, like a dog eats from a bowl). Post by Michelle Evans

To the point that some extremist conservative influencers, commentators, and politicians^[1] were blaming furries on all the ills of society,^[2] such as holding them accountable for the 2022 Buffalo supermarket shooting:^[3]

The Feds knew about the NY shooter, who was a mentally-disturbed 'furry', and they let it happen. They WANTED it to happen. - Stew Peters

The gun didn't do it. A "white supremacist" didn't do it. A sick and demented furry did it. When Kandiss Taylor is elected governor, GA will be furry-free. - Stew Peters

It turns out that the Buffalo shooter yesterday was a furry. In my list of executive orders, I explicitly addressed and received blowback for tackling the perversions of the furry culture. Twisting the minds of Generation Z MUST END! - Kandiss Taylor

References

1. ↑ The furry days are over when I'm governor. Public school is for academics not fairy tales. post by Kandiss Taylor on Twitter, Retrieved May 19.
2. ↑ Fur-mongering. Fake news about children "identifying" as animals is the latest stunt being pushed by so-called parental rights advocates. article on Slate. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
3. ↑ Furries To Blame For Buffalo Shooting, Say Stew Peters And Kandiss Taylor article on Wonkette. Retrieved May 19, 2022.

See also

• American conservatism on Wikipedia
• US Republican Party (GOP) on Wikipedia
• AltFurry
• Furry Raiders
• Furrygate: The Furrying

External links

• The Origins of the Modern American Conservative Movement by the The Heritage Foundation.
• A History of Conservative Movements article by Newsweek

Media

• Furry Panic Is the Latest Dumb GOP Attack on Public Schools article on The Daily Beast
• Fear of "furries" in schools grips conservative parents fooled by absurd Facebook rumors article on Salon
• Litter Boxes for Students Who Identify as Furries? Not So, Says School Official article on The New York Times
• A Texas GOP Candidate's New Claim: School Cafeteria Tables Are Being Lowered for "Furries" article on the Texas Monthly
• Origins of an urban legend: "litter boxes for furries" joke gets revived for moral panic article on Dogpatch Press
• "Furries in Schools" Hoax Map documents a moral panic to attack LGBT people by proxy. article on Dogpatch Press