Is it hard to be a Republican on Atlas?

[The_Doctor]

Also Trump has decimated the ranks of Atlas Republicans, it should be noted. I think there was a much bigger contingent of GOPers before 2016. A number of Republicans became libertarians or #NeverTrumpers or just didn't show up.

[The_Doctor]

I should point out I'm probably socially conservative, opposing Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) on the grounds the states should have decided it, staunchly pro-life, pro-gun rights, and have expressed support for the Catholic Church, along with free trade. If you read my viewpoints in individual politics, they are Reaganite. I also have expressed discomfort with Social Security, which is probably more far right than anyone here on the point. People like to overlook that I voted for Santorum, for instance.

I've never had problems with the left here because of my emphasis. If I went out of my way to needle Jacobin and the like, I imagine he would find it uncomfortable. Trump supporters would - as I've said - find it easier to exist here if they argued on a intellectually honest framework. You believe in cultural conservatism? OK, then, tell us why x and y is great for America.  

I think the real bias is (and I'm afraid I share it) is against the cultural conservatives who make it their calling card to agitate against essentially, liberal democracy and to argue for a culturally nationalist viewpoint.