I came to the Politics board to perhaps have some conversation with a few conservatives here. I felt that since many posters were from the South I could find a fair amount of conservatives. That did not turn out to be the case. Perhaps instead of having the forum heading read "Enter at your own risk" It should be modified to read "Conservatives, enter at your own risk". I always try to keep an open mind in political issues and will say nobody was more critical of George W. Bush than I. So before I say anything more, and possibly become branded as an internet troll I'll say goodbye for now and return for football season.
To start, thanks for joining the conversation. I am always excited when we get a brave new soul willing to wade into the non sports politics forum.
I wouldn’t leave yet. Most of the people here like to focus on arguments and discussions that have a basis in fact and are backed up with reputable sources.
All that being said, I think it is dangerous to label people who are unwilling to buy the tales being spun by this administration as inherently not conservative. Please join the conversation, but if you want to start an actual dialog or conversation, drive by comments will more often result in one line comments or snark than any actual dialog.
We tend to be fairly wordy, so don’t be afraid to be more verbose.
Now, a little background as to why most on here have little patience for the lies coming out of this administration. There are at least two people in the medical industry, who have front line stories they have shared. There are many more engineers, scientists, lawyers, and others who trust in a fact based approach towards figuring out a problem.
Epidemiologists have long described what happens in a highly infectious outbreak. The well established and accepted information on outbreaks and pandemics have proven to accurately model the current progression in all of the countries. This modeling is the same modeling that the Trump administration have said would absolutely not happen in the US. It is now happening in the US.
Why did I lay all this out? I think by and large, many who are still at least moderately on Trumps side see much of the conversation from Trump skeptics as hyperbolic, hysterical, and fear mongering. Which actually makes sense if you think about it. You seem willing to give this administration at least the benefit of the doubt. Many here have long given up on expecting any action or statement by the president to be truthful. When the President is denying that epidemiological models will affect the US while also claiming that the Coronavirus severity is a hoax, the only real avenue for discussion is to use those models to explain just how wrong he is.
If that process makes someone anti-conservative, then in essence that means that science and math is anti-conservative.
In any event, more voices, placing checks and balances on the group think are always good in any community. Please hang out, have some discussions, and don’t take requests for proof and facts as an attack against you. It is merely the process by which we can refine ideas and arguments. You would be surprised how many people around here have and are willing to change their position on many things. One position that is almost universally immutable is whether facts and truth actually matter.
