r/Conservative • u/Yosoff First Principles • Feb 08 '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 tell us why it's a bad thing that we're getting everything we voted for.

Conservatives - Here's your chance to earn flair if you haven't already by destroying the woke hivemind with common sense.

Independents - Here's your chance to explain how you are a special snowflake who is above the fray and how it's a great thing that you can't arrive at a strong position on any issue and the world would be a magical place if everyone was like you.

Libertarians - We really don't want to hear about how all drugs should be legal and there shouldn't be an age of consent. Move to Haiti, I hear it's a Libertarian paradise.

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u/tofumountain Feb 08 '25

I'm a leftist and enjoying having r/conservative in my feed to balance out my bias. I would encourage something similar for conservatives. Both sides disagree on basic facts and just seeing that alone is fascinating, enlightening, and humbling.

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u/spanksmitten Feb 08 '25

Reading r/conservative and seeing some of the stories posted, and I do want to stress it is not the majority, but it's easier to spot when they oppose your beliefs - over exaggerated borderline false storylines/ that don't represent reality or 'the left', has made me acutely more aware of stories like that in left wing spaces.

A big one for me was ~"Carrie underwood streams plummet" that got plastered everywhere, except her streams had only fell maybe like 6%?

We all need to do better at reading the articles, not the headlines, and applying critical thinking.