Irish Conservatives on Youtube

I don't like The Don. I don't like his constant bad language, which I consider unseemly, and his very harsh attitude towards the poor. Some people are poor because they've tried their best and never prospered, and some people are poor because of character flaws-- we're never going to have a world where everybody is an enterpreneur. I stopped watching him after a while. I don't know the other guy.

You've watched more of The Don than I have, Malachy - I haven't seen that side of him.  Unfortunately, for many decades in American politics a marriage has existed between social conservatism & libertarian economics whereby most Republicans have supported economic policies that destroy the working and middle-classes, and therefore are fundamentally NOT conservative.  Pat Buchanan has been sounding the alarm on this for decades but up until recently very few Americans were listening; Trump and Bannon initiated a hostile takeover of the Republican party by exposing the cognitive dissonance inherent in this point of view.

Getting back to Ireland, I think The Don is fundamentally a conservative, and his economic views may evolve. My own view is that Irish social conservatives should focus more on what unites us not on what divides us, while respectfully disagreeing on areas that are somewhat contentious.   President Trump's own views on many key issues have evolved over the years, just as St. Augustine's did.

Thanks, Mourning Ireland, and I fully agree with you. I really wanted this forum to be "big tent" and I'm pleased to see a plurality of views already.

By the way, I'm not an economic libertarian, but libertarians are very welcome here. Anarcho-capitalists are very welcome here. Everyone who defines themselves as conservative is welcome here.

Yes, with the Don it was the cursing and a few comments about welfare that alienated me, but more power to him for ploughing a lonely furrow on Youtube and maybe I should revisit him.