Disconservatism

In the United States, the ideology which self-identifies as "conservatism" is actually a gross misnomer.

First, it bears very little with "conservative" ideologies in other countries; second, it seems to be completely uninterested in "conserving" anything except power for the few -- and the fewer, the better.

It primarily operates by inventing "truths" which then cause its followers to reach fallacious conclusions regarding public policy, and to vote accordingly -- while antagonizing those of us who know better, and preventing any kind of meaningful dialogue between the two worldviews.

The latter aspect being essentially a form of trolling, it seems reasonable to distinguish between American "conservatism" and genuine forms of conservatism by referring to the former as "conservatrollism".

Conservatrolls are one of the two major wingnut varieties, and by far the more dangerous.

Conservatroll habits include:

• use of meaningless insults