• Lucidlethargy
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    6 months ago

    I agree with all of this, but I am not even remotely conservative. You’re either omitting important details here, or you’re simply not conservative.

    For example, conservatives are against dismantling the electoral college, and they are one of the most aggressive abusers of gerrymandering. This flies against your belief that the right to vote is fundamental to our democracy.

    You also say the government should represent the people, yet conservatives are at the forefront of things like overturning Roe v. Wade, which is an event that the grand majority of Americans did not want.

    The religion staying out of government line is hilarious. That’s 100% against modern conservative values. That’s one of the biggest staples of the GOP.

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      6 months ago

      I’m a second generation immigrant from a non-Christian country. Therefore, I hold none of the anti-abortion or Christianity in government views. I also do not equate conservatism with the GOP. Hell, with the new branch of MAGA republicans, the GOP is becoming a far right party.

      I disagree with gerrymandering. The people need to be represented. I’m on the fence about the electoral college. It’s supposed to guard against populism, yet Trump got elected.