I’m a conservative. I don’t mind the liberal stuff here. It’s good to learn the other side, but I don’t want a liberal echo chamber. I’d like to be more politically balanced in the fediverse. Is there any way I can do that?

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    1 year ago

    I’m fine being in an echo chamber that Trans people deserve human rights. That’s a hill I’m willing to die on. If you disagree, you can stay out of my bubble, I’m not negotiating this point.

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      1 year ago

      I haven’t mentioned anything about Trans people at all ? There’s nothing to negotiate and I don’t disagree that trans people have a right to be treated with respect and have their rights respected.

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        It’s the hot topic of the moment for conservatives, particularly the ones that are getting banned from public sites. Other than that, it’s all culture war shit like abortion, immigration, border walls, etc that all go into xenophobia, misogamy, racism, antisemitism etc. I haven’t seen any real conservative ideas in a decade. Now it’s all a grift. You either have a old idea of what conservative is or just aren’t saying it out loud. Even when Republicans cut taxes, they cut them massively for the rich and give the middle class and poor pennies. Any time someone wants to put more money in lower classes pockets they fabricate some bullshit to block it (Student Loan Forgiveness, Stimulus Checks) all a while giving Businesses Billions and removing oversight (PPP Loans).

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      The problem with the issue you’re talking about - “trans rights are human rights” - is that when even moderately left people ask “what rights don’t trans people have?” they’re labelled transphobic bigoted Nazis and are censored or banned……and still don’t get an actual answer.

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        1 year ago

        That’s because 99 times out of 100 it’s a right wing troll saying it. If you really don’t know, read the fucking news. It’s not hard to find. Google LGBT rights, there are more than enough sites that have it all documented. Coming into a conversation and making someone spend the time to prove something obvious is a tactic they use online.