In order to be a hard-core Republican conservative... you have to hate Unions. Support for union welders, electricians, coal miners, steel workers is seen as weak, socialist, and Democrat.
hard-core Republican conservative - that is an obsolete description of republicans. Republicans these days are far from hardcore and considerably to the left of being conservative. They trample our constitutions routinely and think nothing of it.
Support for union welders, electricians, coal miners, steel workers is seen as weak, socialist, and Democrat.- those who see collective bargaining in private industry as socialism don't understand what socialism is. They need to educate themselves before using the term to throw stones at people who don't agree with them.
Public ownership and government management of natural resources comes much closer to fitting the true definition of socialism than collective bargaining in privately owned industries. Those who throw the "socialism" stone at those who support collective bargaining rights in private industry often show strong support for the concept of public ownership of wildlife resources with extreme government management. They are hypocrites.
On the other hand, the depletable natural resource of coal is viewed more as being privately owned. Although its consumption is taxed, the consumption and management of coal resources is private with very little government involvement. Collective bargaining by the labor force there does not even come close to fitting the definition of socialism by hypocrites..
