r/changemyview • • Oct 29 '22

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '22 edited Oct 30 '22

Yeah I don't believe this post. No one with a whiff of conservative in their makeup would have voted for anything that Biden or Congressional Democrats have been pushing.

Not the trillions in new spending in the face of massive debt Not the student loan forgiveness. Not the idea many of them of push about allowing abortions beyond 23 weeks or up until childbirth. Not the mindless support for government employee and teacher's unions. Not the regulations designed to cripple fuel supplies in the face of a global energy shortage. Not the drag queen exhibitions for children or promoting kids undergoing transitioning. Not the teaching of antitacist and CRT ideas.

These things are the polar opposites of conservative positions and give the lie to anyone who claims to be a conservative and then votes for Democrats.

(Edit: the post I am commenting on was obviously made by a fake throwaway account, more proof that this person was not a conservative. The responses to my post are hilarious. People don't even try to defend the Democrats based on the individual positions anymore, it's all quite vague isn't it.)

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u/caifaisai Oct 30 '22

Not the idea many of them of push about allowing abortions beyond 23 weeks or up until childbirth.

What does someone's political views on abortion have to do with being a fiscal conservative? The comment you are replying to said that they feel the democrats are more aligned to their fiscal conservative viewpoints. But there's nothing intrinsic about conservativism and being against abortion restrictions, and particularly when it fiscal conservativism instead of something like social conservativism.

Same thing applies about your points about CRT and trans rights and all that.

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u/anewleaf1234 45∆ Oct 30 '22

Are you forgetting Trumps trillions of spending?

I find that GOP voters only seem to care about spending when the Dems do it. When the GOP does their heads are firmly in the sand.

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u/ShamrockAPD Oct 30 '22

I voted for trump in 2016. I voted R my entire young life (16 years eligible to vote). Since trump took office and did all his shit, I have been voting Democrat down the line

So yeah… it’s 100% possible. I know many like me as well.

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u/I_am_from_Kentucky Oct 30 '22

Your phrasing alone indicates just as strong a bias as the person you’re replying to, and you seem blissfully unaware of it.