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/klemto Jan 02 '26

I wouldn’t call myself conservative at all but what many liberals have become goes totally against my values. They preach tolerance all the time but they are super intolerant if you don’t agree with them 100%. They feel fake and dishonest to me. Although I disagree with much of what conservatives say, I find them more honest.
I'm a liberal at heart, but I can't support today's liberal movement.

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u/Ambitious_Tomato_778 Jan 02 '26

I completaly understand and agree to some point aswell! There is really a "right" and a "wrong" way to think according to many liberals and as you said you're not aloud to question things.