WHEN WORKING CONSERVATIVES TRUST FALSE NARRATIVES. Somewhere in the conservative movement, white working poor, white working class and white middle class conservatives accepted the lie that the only true American patriot is a tough talking, gun toting, flag waving Republican who hates everything that protects and benefits the common good. They spout expressions about family values,"my faith", and freedom as if they are the only people in America who possess those values. Somewhere in the process they also accepted the lie that in order to be a true American they had to hate any part of democracy that had benefits... Read more →