The fall of conservatives
In this times of polarization, half of the aisle blame conservatives, but this new right wing franchise that has been popping up around the globe is not conservative, well not the democratic kind anyway or as in the political definition of the word, no, these alt right franchises are reactionary, conservatives you see, are like someone, way smarter than me, once said:
A conservative is the child that cries because it doesn't want to take a bath and then cries because it doesn't want to get out of the bathtub.
The franchised right wing however, does not want to go to the bathtub, blames everyone for trying to put them there, spends the whole time crying on how great the dirty times were and proceeds to dig the head in the mud as soon as they get out of the tub.
I think that this analogy clarifies things a bit, you see, not being a conservative myself I always found them to be extremely important in the democratic landscape, they are the voice that is always nagging about caution before others try to do changes, they are however perfectly aware that change is inevitable and often a good thing, so they embrace and accept it when it's part of our lives, think of same sex marriage and adoption, for example, a conservative when the discussion popped up was at least, worried, of the implications that it would have on the base structures of society, like families, now, however, that they have been proven that this was actually a good thing, they embrace it.
Reactionaries on the other hand don't accept change even when presented with overwhelming evidence, their core beliefs are like religious dogmas and cannot be disproved, so being gay will always be wrong in their eyes, so will abortion and so many other things that are now considered basic human rights.
I will not go on about how dangerous this is because let's face it, we just need to look out the window to see it.
My point is that conservatives are not the enemy, they are democratic opponents, this new (old) movement that took them hostage is. So for the sake of a healthy liberal democracy I hope that conservatives will rise again