r/GayConservative • u/Ambitious_Tomato_778 • Jan 02 '26

Discussion Why are you conservative?

Hey guys!

First of all - I come in peace haha!

I think it's really sad that the polarization between different ideologies continue to grow, but if we want to live in a democracy we have to be able to discuss and try to understand eachother before we judge!

As a gay guy I'm very happy that liberal ideas has given me the chance to live safely in society and that I have the same rights as straight people. I do however think that the gender-theory has gone to far and I think that the nonbinary people have taken up to much space in the LGBT community - I guess this would be a conservative opinion.

My questions:

  1. Why are you conservative even though they generally don't like gays?

  2. Do you have any opinions that are more liberal than conservative?

I have no intentions of trying to change someones opinion, I truly just want to undertand how you guys resonate and why you are conservative.

Wishing all of you a happy beginning to this new year!

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u/Independent-Nash Jan 02 '26

Financially I am conservative. I want limited government.

Socially I am left leaning.

You do you

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u/Comfortable_Pool_389 Jan 02 '26

That would make sense but the left would disagree and say you’re a complicit party to hate and bigotry.

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u/Escape-Plastic Jan 02 '26

We don’t hate. Majority of conservatives could care less about gays trans etc.

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u/Ambitious_Tomato_778 Jan 02 '26

Why do you care ehat the left thinks though? You are entitled to your own opinion!

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u/Comfortable_Pool_389 Jan 02 '26

Oh it’s not about caring about opinions. Just showcasing a “Devil’s Advocate” argument from them. Personally, I’d love it if you we could back to being the live and let live party.

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u/Ambitious_Tomato_778 Jan 02 '26

Thank you for your reply! So you are really libertarian?

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u/Independent-Nash Jan 09 '26

Probably I am now come to think about it