Good lord the replies to this are sad. Believe it or not it's a perfectly reasonable expectation to only want to date someone whose core beliefs align with yours (and, y'know, actually respects your rights as an independent human being.)

[–] democracy1984@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (30 children)

It's fine to have dating preferences. The issue is when people who are just calling anyone who is conservative leaning terrible. If you don't agree with someone's political ideology, you should just respectfully disagree, not call them a terrible person.

Also, calling people evil for their options is a terribly way to convince them to change, it just makes them get really defensive. If you want to convince someone to change opinion, you need to have a respectful, insightful discussion.

[–] Lunar@slrpnk.net 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The meme here didn't even call anyone evil. That said, if you guys don't want to be called evil, stop supporting evil shit.

Conservative policies not only rob women of the rights to their own bodies, it gets them killed too. Either conservatives openly support this or they're somehow too naive to see what the politicians they vote for are doing, and both are good reasons for women to stay the hell away from them.

[–] democracy1984@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just being conservative leaning doesn't mean you are far right, and agree with everything the conservative party does.

[–] WheeGeetheCat@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

what else are they doing that you're for? please be specific

[–] Marketsupreme@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

I'm genuinely curious what reason someone has to support them. Like genuinely. I look at Republicans and am like how the fuck can anyone that isn't rich and in power be on that side? And then I remember the very potent tactics of fearmongering

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