How can you tell if someone is conservative?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in Potomac MD and my friends are 50/50. I think you’d be shocked to learn who voted for Trump vs Biden. There is no way to know. No clues at all. But I will say there are really good honest brilliant people on both sides.

This is the attitude people should have. Our nation would be in much better shape.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:See who she follows on social media.

Haha. I don't follow anyone except Bernie Sanders. And I only do it because my MIL is a huge supporter and kept asking me to like his page.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a new conservative and you’ll never know. I’ll busily load the dishwasher while you tell me about how looting is a form of free speech, and I’ll nod politely when you start ranting about how school is just too dangerous. I’ll never tip my hand because I don’t want my children ostracized or my husband’s business harmed. I bet there are more like me. Go Youngkin!!!

+1 this is me exactly

I only discuss politics with conservative friends/family.

+ 1

I go even further. I parrot back the same leftist idiot platitudes, but turned up to 11. Many of my libiot acquaintances think I’m a full-on Marxist, and I chide them for being borderline conservatives.

I voted for Trump three times. They never suspect it. Morons.

Yup. Trumphumpers are POS liars. No surprise here.

Actually, what you are hearing here is that liberals have become so intolerant of other views that tipping one’s hand to a conservative viewpoint could cost a job, play dates, whatever. The new mcarthyism. Agree with me or you’ll be labeled a racist and lose everything.

Worse. A trumper.

The left is trying to fire/ruin anyone with any different view. It’s no wonder people feel the need to hide. I have voted Democrat until recently but will vote Youngkin for governor. I’ve HAD IT with the liberal intolerance. If I don’t want to put she/her on my email, it means I’m a thoughtful person with a different reasonable opinion. I’m tired of any tiny refusal to tow an increasingly nutty line being labeled “trumper” or “racist”. I’m not going to express these thoughts anywhere but at the ballot box. That’s the beauty of democracy!

Wrong. It’s not a “different view”. It choosing a different reality. Believing The Big Lie or whatever other lies the GOP tries to dish out - without question.

You are proving the point. Any tiny difference of opinion renders you a senseless trumper moron. Actually, I’m a very well educated person who happens to disagree with the notion that I’m a “birthing person” rather than a mother, for example. But carry on with your hateful hatred on any diversity of opinion.

It’s not a “tiny difference of opinion” FFS.

Who won the 2020 election?

Do you think VA should make it easier for partisans to overthrow election results without any evidence? That is the GOP plan.

You are a loon. The issue is that democrats will not tolerate any tiny difference of opinion. Either you put your pronouns on your email or you are a bigot. Either you pretend rioting didn’t happen or you are a racist. Ironically, republicans are becoming the party of tolerance - there is no desire to get you fired or harm your family if you aren’t in lockstep agreement.

I am a D with a ton of D friends and literally I don’t know *anyone* pushing any of that. A few friends in academia do include pronouns but I’ve never heard anyone mention whether people have them or not - I don’t. People acknowledge there was some violence at the protests. I have a few transgender people in my life. Several gay people in my family. Very LGBTQ+. Literally no one is pushing “birthing people”.

Outside of Twitter (faux) outrage, these aren’t *real* issues for *real* people.

The big hot topics for most Ds *actually* are:
Voter suppression (The Big Lie)
Women’s rights
LGBTQ+ rights

Seems like you’re focusing on the wedge issues that the GOP is pushing. Not reality.

Big government loving, progressive D here who doesn’t really care what other people consensually do with their bodies. I did hear an interview on NPR the other day where the interviewee never referred to women, but birthing people, about some sort of women’s health bill/initiative. I just rolled my eyes and moved along with my day. I’m only thinking about it now because MAGA over here is so riled up by the idea. I think you can choose to politely ignore it.

Yup. Someone used the phrase on a news story and we all knew what it meant.

No one is *forcing* anyone to use this inclusive language.

It’s faux outrage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a new conservative and you’ll never know. I’ll busily load the dishwasher while you tell me about how looting is a form of free speech, and I’ll nod politely when you start ranting about how school is just too dangerous. I’ll never tip my hand because I don’t want my children ostracized or my husband’s business harmed. I bet there are more like me. Go Youngkin!!!

+1 this is me exactly

I only discuss politics with conservative friends/family.

+ 1

I go even further. I parrot back the same leftist idiot platitudes, but turned up to 11. Many of my libiot acquaintances think I’m a full-on Marxist, and I chide them for being borderline conservatives.

I voted for Trump three times. They never suspect it. Morons.

Yup. Trumphumpers are POS liars. No surprise here.

Actually, what you are hearing here is that liberals have become so intolerant of other views that tipping one’s hand to a conservative viewpoint could cost a job, play dates, whatever. The new mcarthyism. Agree with me or you’ll be labeled a racist and lose everything.

Worse. A trumper.

The left is trying to fire/ruin anyone with any different view. It’s no wonder people feel the need to hide. I have voted Democrat until recently but will vote Youngkin for governor. I’ve HAD IT with the liberal intolerance. If I don’t want to put she/her on my email, it means I’m a thoughtful person with a different reasonable opinion. I’m tired of any tiny refusal to tow an increasingly nutty line being labeled “trumper” or “racist”. I’m not going to express these thoughts anywhere but at the ballot box. That’s the beauty of democracy!

Wrong. It’s not a “different view”. It choosing a different reality. Believing The Big Lie or whatever other lies the GOP tries to dish out - without question.

Wow. So tone deaf. Posters have been trying to explain to you that they don't watch Fox News or read Brietbart, they don't consider themselves Republican but vote for them. They don't buy into whatever lies you are talking about. They don't agree with identity politics, virtue signaling, open borders, etc. Please try to understand their point of view.

[Anonymous]

Most people are the same. They want a roof over their heads, good schools for their kids, health care, and a job or other daily activity that brings some meaning to their lives.

The rest is how they think we should all get there. And yes, each side claims the other side is harmful and damaging. But if you try to keep an open mind and actually listen to the "whys" of people's arguments, you'll find that the best solutions take both sides into account. We haven't done much of that in the past 20 years; I get it. And that's why we are all a mess.

Please start listening to people with different view points. Not the catch phrases everyone repeats, but why those catch phrases matter to people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a new conservative and you’ll never know. I’ll busily load the dishwasher while you tell me about how looting is a form of free speech, and I’ll nod politely when you start ranting about how school is just too dangerous. I’ll never tip my hand because I don’t want my children ostracized or my husband’s business harmed. I bet there are more like me. Go Youngkin!!!

+1 this is me exactly

I only discuss politics with conservative friends/family.

Lol. Why do you have to hide away? That is pathetic.

Oooh that dig would really hurt, if we cared at all what you thought.
This is why we keep quiet. No one wants to hear/deal with you.

Awwwwww. Too bad covid exposed your champion monster for what he is. You don't want anyone to know you support typhoid trump. Especially your ffamiky and friends and neighbors that have suffered.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most people are the same. They want a roof over their heads, good schools for their kids, health care, and a job or other daily activity that brings some meaning to their lives.

The rest is how they think we should all get there. And yes, each side claims the other side is harmful and damaging. But if you try to keep an open mind and actually listen to the "whys" of people's arguments, you'll find that the best solutions take both sides into account. We haven't done much of that in the past 20 years; I get it. And that's why we are all a mess.

Please start listening to people with different view points. Not the catch phrases everyone repeats, but why those catch phrases matter to people.

Yeeeaaaa.NO.

My BIL thinks kids are being sold in the basement of a pizza parlor in DC.

My uncle thinks the “libs” paid a company to change votes.

My friends H believes Obama is an agent for a foreign country.

My friend thinks the Democrats are going to seize all small businesses and have the govt run them.


Yea…. So NO

So…. NO

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a new conservative and you’ll never know. I’ll busily load the dishwasher while you tell me about how looting is a form of free speech, and I’ll nod politely when you start ranting about how school is just too dangerous. I’ll never tip my hand because I don’t want my children ostracized or my husband’s business harmed. I bet there are more like me. Go Youngkin!!!

+1 this is me exactly

I only discuss politics with conservative friends/family.

+ 1

I go even further. I parrot back the same leftist idiot platitudes, but turned up to 11. Many of my libiot acquaintances think I’m a full-on Marxist, and I chide them for being borderline conservatives.

I voted for Trump three times. They never suspect it. Morons.

Yup. Trumphumpers are POS liars. No surprise here.

Actually, what you are hearing here is that liberals have become so intolerant of other views that tipping one’s hand to a conservative viewpoint could cost a job, play dates, whatever. The new mcarthyism. Agree with me or you’ll be labeled a racist and lose everything.

Worse. A trumper.

The left is trying to fire/ruin anyone with any different view. It’s no wonder people feel the need to hide. I have voted Democrat until recently but will vote Youngkin for governor. I’ve HAD IT with the liberal intolerance. If I don’t want to put she/her on my email, it means I’m a thoughtful person with a different reasonable opinion. I’m tired of any tiny refusal to tow an increasingly nutty line being labeled “trumper” or “racist”. I’m not going to express these thoughts anywhere but at the ballot box. That’s the beauty of democracy!

Wrong. It’s not a “different view”. It choosing a different reality. Believing The Big Lie or whatever other lies the GOP tries to dish out - without question.

You are proving the point. Any tiny difference of opinion renders you a senseless trumper moron. Actually, I’m a very well educated person who happens to disagree with the notion that I’m a “birthing person” rather than a mother, for example. But carry on with your hateful hatred on any diversity of opinion.

It’s not a “tiny difference of opinion” FFS.

Who won the 2020 election?

Do you think VA should make it easier for partisans to overthrow election results without any evidence? That is the GOP plan.

You are a loon. The issue is that democrats will not tolerate any tiny difference of opinion. Either you put your pronouns on your email or you are a bigot. Either you pretend rioting didn’t happen or you are a racist. Ironically, republicans are becoming the party of tolerance - there is no desire to get you fired or harm your family if you aren’t in lockstep agreement.

I am a D with a ton of D friends and literally I don’t know *anyone* pushing any of that. A few friends in academia do include pronouns but I’ve never heard anyone mention whether people have them or not - I don’t. People acknowledge there was some violence at the protests. I have a few transgender people in my life. Several gay people in my family. Very LGBTQ+. Literally no one is pushing “birthing people”.

Outside of Twitter (faux) outrage, these aren’t *real* issues for *real* people.

The big hot topics for most Ds *actually* are:
Voter suppression (The Big Lie)
Women’s rights
LGBTQ+ rights

Seems like you’re focusing on the wedge issues that the GOP is pushing. Not reality.

Big government loving, progressive D here who doesn’t really care what other people consensually do with their bodies. I did hear an interview on NPR the other day where the interviewee never referred to women, but birthing people, about some sort of women’s health bill/initiative. I just rolled my eyes and moved along with my day. I’m only thinking about it now because MAGA over here is so riled up by the idea. I think you can choose to politely ignore it.

Who was it? I can get the transcript sounds interesting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most people are the same. They want a roof over their heads, good schools for their kids, health care, and a job or other daily activity that brings some meaning to their lives.

The rest is how they think we should all get there. And yes, each side claims the other side is harmful and damaging. But if you try to keep an open mind and actually listen to the "whys" of people's arguments, you'll find that the best solutions take both sides into account. We haven't done much of that in the past 20 years; I get it. And that's why we are all a mess.

Please start listening to people with different view points. Not the catch phrases everyone repeats, but why those catch phrases matter to people.

Yeeeaaaa.NO.

My BIL thinks kids are being sold in the basement of a pizza parlor in DC.

My uncle thinks the “libs” paid a company to change votes.

My friends H believes Obama is an agent for a foreign country.

My friend thinks the Democrats are going to seize all small businesses and have the govt run them.


Yea…. So NO

So…. NO

Don't ask about politicians. Ask about policies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in Potomac MD and my friends are 50/50. I think you’d be shocked to learn who voted for Trump vs Biden. There is no way to know. No clues at all. But I will say there are really good honest brilliant people on both sides.

Not shocked. That arrogant jackass from queens (dime a dozen in queens..not special) actually won the presidency. We are well aware how many trump supporters are out there all around. And they won't even cop to it! Bunch of cowards.

In any case...that is why 2020 was almost exclusively about having that never happen again as will be the case in 2024.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most people are the same. They want a roof over their heads, good schools for their kids, health care, and a job or other daily activity that brings some meaning to their lives.

The rest is how they think we should all get there. And yes, each side claims the other side is harmful and damaging. But if you try to keep an open mind and actually listen to the "whys" of people's arguments, you'll find that the best solutions take both sides into account. We haven't done much of that in the past 20 years; I get it. And that's why we are all a mess.

Please start listening to people with different view points. Not the catch phrases everyone repeats, but why those catch phrases matter to people.

Yeeeaaaa.NO.

My BIL thinks kids are being sold in the basement of a pizza parlor in DC.

My uncle thinks the “libs” paid a company to change votes.

My friends H believes Obama is an agent for a foreign country.

My friend thinks the Democrats are going to seize all small businesses and have the govt run them.


Yea…. So NO

So…. NO

Don't ask about politicians. Ask about policies.

I don’t ask them anything. They feel compelled to “just let me know”.

Also seizing small businesses is a policy they think Dems will enforce.

Other policies … they think women should carry babies with no heart/lungs full term at let it die upon birth, they think that gay people should not marry/adopt/or go to church.

One family member told me people with PTSD should not receive treatment because you can’t fix weakness.

One calls my adopted niece that China baby. We call her Lauren.

[Anonymous]

Can this thread be moved to politics?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can this thread be moved to politics?

In a pandemic, politics intersects with daily life all day so keep it here. Knowing someone's politics can be important information.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a new conservative and you’ll never know. I’ll busily load the dishwasher while you tell me about how looting is a form of free speech, and I’ll nod politely when you start ranting about how school is just too dangerous. I’ll never tip my hand because I don’t want my children ostracized or my husband’s business harmed. I bet there are more like me. Go Youngkin!!!

+1 this is me exactly

I only discuss politics with conservative friends/family.

+ 1

I go even further. I parrot back the same leftist idiot platitudes, but turned up to 11. Many of my libiot acquaintances think I’m a full-on Marxist, and I chide them for being borderline conservatives.

I voted for Trump three times. They never suspect it. Morons.

Yup. Trumphumpers are POS liars. No surprise here.

Actually, what you are hearing here is that liberals have become so intolerant of other views that tipping one’s hand to a conservative viewpoint could cost a job, play dates, whatever. The new mcarthyism. Agree with me or you’ll be labeled a racist and lose everything.

Worse. A trumper.

The left is trying to fire/ruin anyone with any different view. It’s no wonder people feel the need to hide. I have voted Democrat until recently but will vote Youngkin for governor. I’ve HAD IT with the liberal intolerance. If I don’t want to put she/her on my email, it means I’m a thoughtful person with a different reasonable opinion. I’m tired of any tiny refusal to tow an increasingly nutty line being labeled “trumper” or “racist”. I’m not going to express these thoughts anywhere but at the ballot box. That’s the beauty of democracy!

Wrong. It’s not a “different view”. It choosing a different reality. Believing The Big Lie or whatever other lies the GOP tries to dish out - without question.

Wow. So tone deaf. Posters have been trying to explain to you that they don't watch Fox News or read Brietbart, they don't consider themselves Republican but vote for them. They don't buy into whatever lies you are talking about. They don't agree with identity politics, virtue signaling, open borders, etc. Please try to understand their point of view.

Define open boarders

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a new conservative and you’ll never know. I’ll busily load the dishwasher while you tell me about how looting is a form of free speech, and I’ll nod politely when you start ranting about how school is just too dangerous. I’ll never tip my hand because I don’t want my children ostracized or my husband’s business harmed. I bet there are more like me. Go Youngkin!!!

+1 this is me exactly

I only discuss politics with conservative friends/family.

+ 1

I go even further. I parrot back the same leftist idiot platitudes, but turned up to 11. Many of my libiot acquaintances think I’m a full-on Marxist, and I chide them for being borderline conservatives.

I voted for Trump three times. They never suspect it. Morons.

Yup. Trumphumpers are POS liars. No surprise here.

Actually, what you are hearing here is that liberals have become so intolerant of other views that tipping one’s hand to a conservative viewpoint could cost a job, play dates, whatever. The new mcarthyism. Agree with me or you’ll be labeled a racist and lose everything.

This ^. There is a strange and scary intolerance going around where any legitimate policy disagreement is called racism, etc.