Maga republicans do

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Anonymous #3 4w

this as well, I don’t wish to be friends with people who’d wish to destroy my identity for some greater means

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if you voted for trump then yes you support concentration camps bc that’s exactly what he’s doing

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imo Conservatism as a whole has some good ideals but I think Reagan era bullshit has made it all fruit of the poisoned tree

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Why are you a conservative

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Anonymous #5 4w

probably their parents told them to

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You’re dumb is what you are.

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Anonymous #6 4w

Conservatives are mindless drones, awaiting daily marching orders from their hypocritical officials.

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Anonymous #7 4w

Lotta conservatives hate the government, it’s the liberals that want the government to control everything and everyone

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Anonymous #6 4w

no there are totalitarian communists and totalitarian fascists but liberals are not totalitarian lol

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Anonymous #6 4w

You are literally supporting the biggest government overreach administration(s) in modern history.

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Anonymous #7 4w

Who said I’m supporting the current administration?

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Anonymous #6 4w

You are.

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Anonymous #7 4w

Putting a period at the end doesn’t make it true lol

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Anonymous #7 4w

I mean if he said he’s not I would assume he’s not

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Anonymous #6 4w

No, it’s how a sentence ends. Unless it’s a Honduran drug trafficker. Then the sentence ends with a Presidential pardon from a serial rapist pedophile.

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Anonymous #2 4w

That is a poor assumption.

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Anonymous #7 4w

“I don’t support the Trump administration” usually means the person doesn’t support Trump but idk tho

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Anonymous #7 4w

When someone says, “I am a liberal” do you think, “that SOB is definitely not a liberal” why should I lie lmao

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Anonymous #2 4w

If there weren’t a pile of evidence showing the contrary, sure.

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Anonymous #6 4w

You tell me.

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Anonymous #7 4w

I know it’s hard to believe but not every person that identifies as conservative supports Trump I’m not even a conservative but like cmon, we’re gonna pretend there’s not any never-Trump republicans who voted Kamala? Do you not remember them at all?

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Anonymous #2 4w

Every person who cheers Trump on is a Trump supporter. Block this dude and watch what else disappears from your feed. Trump supporters love to cosplay as rational conservatives because their actual beliefs are indefensible. No pretending required—just 10 seconds of basic technology.

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Anonymous #7 4w

I mean this dude hasn’t cheered on Trump here in this convo and even implicitly suggested he doesn’t support him, it seems like you’re jumping to conclusions honestly

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Anonymous #2 4w

What a mental guy lmao, cheers mate

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Anonymous #2 4w

Not much of a reader, are you?

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Anonymous #6 4w

Please correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think conservatism is synonymous with open-mindedness.

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Anonymous ireallylikepancakes 4w

Between me and #7, you’re gonna call me the close minded one?

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Anonymous #6 4w

tbf conservatism is based on being not open-minded, that’s kinda the whole point

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Anonymous #2 4w

I agree

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Anonymous #6 4w

Conservatives are by definition less open minded than progressives and liberals. Kinda in the fucking name

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Anonymous #10 4w

Yeah well it seems to me that it’s always liberals getting their panties in a twist whenever someone disagrees with them, no conversation just, “nazi, pedophile, bigot, blocked”

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Anonymous #6 4w

I mean it depends on if you say something Nazi-esque, pedophilic, or bigoted

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Anonymous #2 4w

Did I say anything along those lines?

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Anonymous #6 4w

Okay, let me ask this. What does conservatism mean to you?

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Anonymous #6 4w

Actually, first. Are you socially conservative, economically conservative, or both?

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Anonymous ireallylikepancakes 4w

Less government, in terms of oversight, taxes, and spending

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Anonymous #6 4w

Why do you want less oversight in government? I mean this seriously, not a gotcha, what’s the benefit?

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Anonymous #6 4w

why do you want less oversight of the government? unless you mean less oversight / surveillance of the people which I’d completely agree with you son

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Anonymous #6 4w

Being the party of small government while also wanting less oversight is a bit confusing.

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Anonymous ireallylikepancakes 4w

Because I don’t trust the government to not abuse their power so I want them to have less power in everything, less money to spend on useless things, fewer agents to harass citizens, fewer weapons to sell to terrorist states like Israel

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Anonymous #6 4w

… do you know what oversight means?

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Anonymous ireallylikepancakes 4w

In this context I was using it to describe the government’s surveillance of American citizens

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Anonymous #6 4w

Okay, not sure if that’s the correct word for it, but overall yeah I can agree that surveillance is a problem.

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Anonymous ireallylikepancakes 4w

Sorry bout that confusion, yeah I want more transparency in government functions and less surveillance on Americans

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Anonymous #6 4w

Okay, yeah we’re in agreement on that.

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Anonymous #6 4w

yeah I can agree with all of these things

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Anonymous #7 4w

i think the one thing that republicans could lose is tax exemptions ? democrats want to tax billionaires more and they’d lose money. republicans want the rich to stay rich because they still believe in trickle down economics

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Anonymous #6 4w

really ? the party that throws a fit when two men hold hands in public ? the party that refused to bake a cake for a gay wedding ? the party that can’t understand the use of pronouns ? really ?

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Anonymous OP 4w

PLEASE don’t take this as me defending conservatism, but this is why I asked #6 if they were socially conservative or economically conservative. I think it’s a valuable distinction to make. I can atleast comprehend why someone would be economically conservative, unlike socially conservative. I don’t like either, though.

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Anonymous ireallylikepancakes 4w

yea i think they should’ve specified when commenting first because conservative does not mean open minded

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Anonymous OP 4w

Agreed.

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