That’s like saying furries are pretending to be animals. Like, yeah, no shit, that’s what a furry is.

Conservativism isn’t an ideology, it’s a grift. Conservatives sell the idea that whatever policies and regulations help them are good because they are part of some glorious tradition, and then any policies and regulations that don’t help them are evil government oppression. You’re on their team, or you’re the enemy. That’s always what conservativism has been. Narcissism and fascism talking like stoics, bearing a holy book and draped in the flag.

It’s more obvious now because Trump isn’t good at pretending.