Tate is a litmus test for conservatives. 

Tate's own philosophy - built on self-indulgence, exploitation, pornography, homosexuality, and hedonism - looks far more like the decadence that conservatives blame for societal decline than the virtuous masculinity they claim to defend.

Tate reveals a fracture in the conservative movement between those who still hold to a coherent moral framework and those who have succumbed to the nihilistic idea that the ends justify the means.

Which conservative are you?