It's almost illegal to have conservative opinions in theWest

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Yes but it's accidental left wing lol.

My problems were offline. Severe social conservatism. Far right with a smile (to the right person, of course) is still far right.

A lot of people are not complaining about not be be allowed to say n****r in public. What we are bitching about is the automatic assumption of racism and that racism should not be the only factor when judging things. Saying “All lives matter” is not automatically racist, sometimes it means the person interprets language literally, saying “colored people” sometimes means the person is out of touch with current usage and thinking. And all “socially conservative views” are not about racism. Of course racists hide behind these expressions and views. So what one does by trying and succeeding in canceling them is to help the bigots define what these terms mean.

I was admittedly being hyperbolic, because political correctness usually just boils down to "be considerate to minorities". Which isn't censorship, it's just basic decency/functioning in society.

If it was divorced of all context, "all lives matter" would be a perfectly fine thing to say. However, it didn't exist until the phrase "black lives matter" came about, as an explicit deflection of the movement. "Black Lives Matter? Actually, All Lives Matter". That's why people are criticized for saying it. It is not a neutral statement.

Black Lives Matter does not imply that ONLY black lives matter. It implies that black lives in America have often been treated as though they DIDN'T matter, so we should work to ensure they are treated as well as other lives, which also matter. So, "all lives matter" is an unnecessary catchphrase. It's like if your friend said that they're having an asthma attack, and you went, "hey, everyone's ability to breathe matters".

The OP and the person I replied to were vague and didn't say which "socially conservative beliefs" they were talking about. The beliefs that I see conservatives usually getting "cancelled" for tend to lean towards racism, xenophobia, anti-LGBT, that sorta thing. If they're not talking about that, then they should make it clear what exactly they think they're not allowed to say.

DH a cryptofascist ? I've heard it all now this place sure has changed.

@DH you're power level is showing

B R U H

No one called DH a cryptofascist. No one. He said something that people disagreed with, and then people disagreed. That's it. You're just doing the same self-victimization as the op.

(for the record I don't think DH is any kind of fascist. I think he holds beliefs that are very common, but misguided)

I must have misplaced my Encyclopædia-Britannica-Oxford-Cambridge-Merriam-Webster Authoritative List Of Conservative Opinions™ somewhere...

... does anyone have a spare copy?

Except that's not true at all.

Exactly and if we're honest a lot of societies were formed similarly. We should be evolving as humanity & becoming more tolerant of natural differences such as sexuality, gender, sex, disability, ethnicity etc. And more allowing of freedoms which don't harm others/less judgemental.

It's very NT type thinking to want everyone to be the same when it comes to harmless behaviours like how you dress, how you love, how you work etc. As long as nobody is harming anyone else or hating ppl for things they can't help.

Your opinions are LEGAL, having a persecution-complex attitude about others views on your opinions has nothing to do with others repressing them. There is no law saying we have to tiptoe around your opinions as if they're facts.

We have this little thing known as separation of church & state. Deal with it.

There is a difference between "liberals" who would seek to criminalize your thoughts & liberals who do not let you shove said thoughts down their throats. We had this thread weekly for every single righty on here. You're not a boogeyman for being conservative, but that doesn't give you any new privileges.

Which part?

• America was founded on slavery, which was not (supposedly) abolished until 1865 ... or maybe 1965.
• America was founded on subjugation of women, which was not abolished until 1920 ... or maybe 1973.
• America was founded on conquest of native peoples by genocide ... ask any Native American.

Take the Red Pill, and remember that all I am offering is the truth -- nothing more.

Well I apologise for my "self-victimization"? and I'm glad you've cleared that up

Perhaps they're referring to the ancient greco-romans.....oh nope wait all those things still apply.

I just realized what you were doing in your avatar

Handsome bloke!  Rather looks like that fellow from the Geico ads, eh?

Definitely , or maybe Gex from Enter The Gecko ( PS1) expertly voiced by Leslie Phillips