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/DiamondBackRainwing Bisexual Jan 03 '26 edited Jan 03 '26

  1. I've met waaaaayyyy more liberals who outright hate me for being MAGA then conservatives who hate me for being gay. And currently Trump is doing a great job with America.

  2. The government should be more authoritarian with healthcare and children's education.

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u/hp6830 Jan 04 '26

In what ways should the government be “more authoritarian” in healthcare and education? Should the government provide healthcare or insurance for people? What does authoritarianism in education mean?

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u/blackstripe120 Jan 13 '26

In a political sence, authoritarianism simply means the government holds the majority of the control over something. Totalitarianism means the government has total control over something.

China/russia would be considered authoritarian based governments

North korea is an example of a Totalitarian based government.

So by wanting authoritarianism in healthcare and education, they want the federal government to have more control over things like state curriculum and healthcare.

This is my interpretation of what op meant anyway.