As a conservative who spends a lot of time on reddit.

Ziggerton · 3 months

At least you stopped running to the right

MU_Ribflavin · 3 months

I think a lot of people on Reddit would find that they are conservative in certain aspects (shocking I know). It's almost impossible to say that you are truly completely conservative in all manners. Mainstream media likes to paint things black and white cause then it's just easier to point out the other side.

The truth is that most of our generation have different views pertaining to each individual issue. Like me personally I am extremely "liberal" when it comes to issues like religion and same sex marriage. On the other hand I'm much more conservative to monetary issues and believe you get what you work for and that the role of the government was never meant to bail anyone out.

I'm not saying that everyone feels the exact way I do, but I have talked to enough people of my generation to know that it's not as black and white that the republicans and democrats make it out to be.

DesolationRow · 3 months

That is exactly how i feel being an Italian in a dungeon ...

GymIn26Minutes · 3 months

Conservative has become a euphemism for Glenn Beck/Rush Limbaugh/Sean Hannity/Bill O'Reilly zombie in many people's minds. That's your problem.

Solkre · 3 months

There is nothing wrong with conservatism. It's obvious the GOP has been hijacked by crazies.

a216vcti · 3 months

It's kind of like a liberal on a gun forum. :( I think it's a good to have these two extremes. They balance each other out.

10tothe24th · 3 months

Here's something I just don't understand: why do conservatives still call themselves conservatives? I mean, conservative used to imply a certain level of personal, fiscal, social, and even geopolitical reservation. It doesn't mean that anymore. Modern-day conservatives are absolute radicals, dipping their fingers into everything, from people's bedrooms to their pocketbooks to the affairs of states on the other side of the planet.

That is the face of conservatism today.

Now, I realize that many conservatives don't agree with those policies... but why call yourself conservatives then?

"Oh, well I'm a fiscal conservative. I'm not like those hawk conservatives or social conservatives."

Fair enough. But again, why associate with them? Why even give the impression that you might be on the side of the Dick Cheneys, the Sarah Palins, or the Rick Santorums of the world?

I think this is why people are uncomfortable with conservatives in places like Reddit. Because those are the voices of the conservative movement. The Tea Party and the Republican Party are the voices of conservatism, and I hear barely a whisper of dissent from fellow conservatives... meanwhile the Democratic Party, the Occupy Movement, and various independent liberals are a comparative maelstrom of debate and disagreement... which makes me think that conservatives are actually, if only tacitly, supportive of the kind of insane social and military proposals that their advocates are making.

This isn't a question for the OP, because for all I know they're a conservative in every sense of the word, and those giant swinging balls of death are called "Truth", "Conscience", and "Karma", respectively. It's directed at the many Redditors who I frequently see in posts like this, declaring their conservative-with-the-following-exceptions allegiance.

PatrickRand · 3 months

If you can defend your views with facts, you should be alright.

4funsies · 3 months

The title could also be: "As a conservative who goes to college."

Even in the very conservative state that I live in where probably half of the students are conservative, I still don't feel comfortable about being open with my political beliefs. Not that I'm ashamed, I just don't feel like fighting every day and being scoffed at.

Dunkelz · 3 months

I am actually very pleased at how open minded a lot of reddit is on the whole right to bear arms. At first I was afraid that I'd get called a paranoid loony who only wants to shoot up baby hospitals just because I believe that people should have to right to own firearms and protect themselves if they are deemed responsible enough.

mtmichael · 3 months

this works for a conservative in academia too

AceConnors · 3 months

Being an actual conservative on reddit I learn it is just so much easier if i just don't say anything. Makes everybody happier

jvbites · 3 months

if reddit were your parents, upon seeing this post:

"have you tried...not...being a conservative??"

Stenzy · 3 months

Don't worry, you are not alone!

RuneOclave · 3 months

The post was funny, but I think you've sparked a debate that makes me look at the /r/funny page and say "Hey, you got a little politics in my funny." Sorry if it's in German.

DTX180 · 3 months

not even the hardest level in super mario world......

gentlemandinosaur · 3 months

Social or Financial?

Because I FEEL that if you took away the social issues... a lot of redditors would consider themselves conservatives as well.

EDIT: I guess I should have said "Fiscal" not Financial, no?

ToLongDR · 3 months

I'm just fiscally conservative and socially liberal.

You can't compare apples and oranges but if you focus on one over the other for too long, this country will suffer.

Skexin · 3 months

I feel your pain. Know that you are not alone, though it is probably a good idea to keep our heads down...lol

armauld · 3 months

That's the same way most minorities feel living in America.

thenewwazoo · 3 months

It's funny because the swinging spiky balls are logic.

AlphaHotel_94 · 3 months

Fiscal, or social? I'm just curious.

PullOutBoy · 3 months

I'm a conservative atheist. I know that feeling!

jellytime · 3 months

I'm sure there is a combination to get past those deadly contraptions.

this_is_a_recording0 · 3 months

that got me so horny to play that game

grammaticdrownedhog · 3 months

Some music with your gif?

rasonj · 3 months

If you are fiscally conservative, you really aren't alone here bro. It is the social conservatives that are not well received.

Carbon13 · 3 months

TIL nobody knows about Objectivism.

donumabdeo · 3 months

"conservative". conservatives used to not have a problem with drugs. they liked coke in their coca cola. that's what a real conservative is. Though I'm with you on the against homosexuality thing.

redhawkxx · 3 months

I feel ya brutha

grinr · 3 months

I lolled for truth.

mcrmarine · 3 months

There are a lot of liberals on here.

christopherawesome · 3 months

ITT: people arguing over the difference of definition between traditional conservativism and current day American conservativism.

qwertyvibe · 3 months

At least you know your role

arbitrary516 · 3 months

It's only a matter of time

bored0087 · 3 months

He moves at one point, I SWEAR! Just keep watching ....

bgf97 · 3 months

My reaction to this post.

TheYeIIowDucK · 3 months

The circlejerk levels in this thread are beyond my scouter's reading abilities.

[deleted] · 3 months

Does it make you think about why you are a conservative? or why labels are used at all?

TheTVDB · 3 months

I sympathize completely. I'm a fiscal conservative, social moderate, and card carrying Republican. I even cast my vote for Scott Walker yesterday. I'm always surprised when I post something political here and it gets upvoted.

Heimdall2061 · 3 months

You fool! RUN!

courneliusjones · 3 months

"I became a conservative by being around liberals and I became a libertarian by being around conservatives. You realize that there’s something distinctly in common between the two groups, the left and the right; the worst part of each of them is the moralizing."-Greg Gutfeld

DepletedUranium · 3 months

I feel the same way.

funny

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