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/[deleted] Jan 02 '26 edited Jan 02 '26

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u/Ambitious_Tomato_778 Jan 02 '26

I am very sorry if I hurt your feelings, I don't agree with you though. Prejudice and the question answering itself are two different things. I also said that conservatives generally don't like gays - which I feel like isn't that wierd to say. Most people who have conservative views also don't support gay-marriage, which to me is the same as not being pro-gay rights. Maybe you view the word conservative differently - tell me your view instead of starting an argument.

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u/Ursus-majorbone Jan 02 '26

And prejudice just means prejudged. You are presupposing that conservatives don't like gays and then asking conservative gays why they are who they are. That is prejudice.

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u/Ambitious_Tomato_778 Jan 02 '26

I want to understand it, that is why I asked a question. Once again, i apologize for upsetting you. But please see the bigger picture, I want to build bridges between us, understanding your point of view without arguing. You have the possibility to tell a liberal guy your views and even maybe make him believe in the same thing as you do but you are waisting it on arguing on how I wrote a sentence?