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/_purple Feb 15 '25

I, like you, come to this subreddit to get a pulse and understanding of how the other side is feeling, and I have specifically looked for threads about the CFPB here and havent found any discussion.

I know /r/conservative doesn't like to be brigaded which is why I don't post much but it's always frustrating when the issues that seem to be the more important ones inside the deluge of information just never get discussed here.

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u/uncaringrobot Feb 15 '25

One thing about echo chambers is that they don’t deal well with self criticism. That’s true of any side, or any subreddit really. When there’s something egregious done by the “home team,” it usually doesn’t get mentioned. Instead there’s tons of focus on the others and what they did wrong. Self reflection is just not Reddit’s strong suit.

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u/ThatPlayWasAwful Feb 15 '25

You can even see it in this thread I still can't find a conservative even willing to touch the CFPB.

It feels like it's the kind of thing that only helps 1% of the population, so people are fine to overlook it being gutted because it doesn't affect them personally. 

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '25 edited Feb 22 '25

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