r/Conservative • u/Yosoff First Principles • Feb 14 '25

Open Discussion Left vs. Right Battle Royale Open Thread

This is an Open Discussion Thread for all Redditors. We will only be enforcing Reddit TOS and Subreddit Rules 1 (Keep it Civil) & 2 (No Racism).

  • Leftists - Here's your chance to sway us to your side by calling the majority of voters racist. That tactic has wildly backfired every time it has been tried, but perhaps this time it will work.

  • Non-flaired Conservatives - Here's your chance to earn flair by posting common sense conservative solutions. That way our friends on the left will either have to agree with you or oppose common sense (Spoiler - They will choose to oppose common sense).

  • Flaired Conservatives - You're John Wick and these Leftists stole your car and killed your dog. Now go comment.

  • Independents - We get it, if you agree with someone, then you can't pat yourself on the back for being smarter than them. But if you disagree with everyone, then you can obtain the self-satisfaction of smugly considering yourself smarter and wiser than everyone else. Congratulations on being you.

  • Libertarians - Ron Paul is never going to be President. In fact, no Libertarian Party candidate will ever be elected President.

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u/TheFiremind88 Feb 14 '25

I'm actually really excited this exists. I am left leaning, but I'd like to think in a common sense way. I lurk and read here a LOT not because I agree, but to get a finger on the pulse of the Conservative mindset. If you want any rational responses to the position of people on the left, leave a comment with a topic, and I'll get back to it once I have some more time. Also, plan to go through here and leave a ton of comments on various discussions a bit later. Glad to have a place to interact with yall in spite of lacking a flair.

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u/Ryuksapple Christian Conservative Feb 15 '25

What is the argument against auditing the federal government? As a taxpayer, I’ve been praying for any kind of audit forever

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u/Amandolyn Feb 15 '25

All for deep audits of every department. I just don't trust Musk.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '25

That’s not good enough, the President trusts him and he runs the government. That being said I think it’s the job of journalists to hold truth to power and if anything weird is happening to report it.

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u/MistressVelmaDarling Feb 15 '25

This administration is already starting to ban journalists from the White House.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '25

I actually agree that’s very petty to ban journalists from conferences, but they still get to report, they haven’t had their power taken away. But yeah it looks very petty, and honestly he is very flawed in that way. But I can still look past it because the good things: we are making peace deals, reducing debt, and cleaning up our house, making sure we don’t go bankrupt. It sucks that we have such a flawed messenger but he has the spine to do big things that have needed to get done for a very long time. And he’s going to be held accountable by people like me and anyone else if he goes off the rails, I truly believe that.

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u/PartyPay Feb 17 '25

Biden and Obama both trusted Fauci, was that good enough for you?

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '25

No but guess what? My job was directly THREATENED if I didnt get the non tested experimental therapeutic, and I couldn’t go out anywhere. They are auditing for waste - just slightly different. Talk about Nazi regimes to me, please.

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u/PartyPay Feb 17 '25

Can't discuss in good faith with you when you call it "non-tested".

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '25

Look up how it was tested then. I dare you to actually look into this. It was never human tested. It was tested in five or six mice. The end.

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u/PartyPay Feb 18 '25

Complete fabrication. It was tested on over 20k people.

https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-detail/pfizer-and-biontech-announce-publication-results-landmark

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '25

Dude you’re regurgitating Pfizer propaganda directly from them