# Is this a Conservative or Liberal Forum? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 26, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-conservative-or-liberal-forum/507783 "2009-08-26T16:50:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-conservative-or-liberal-forum/507783/21 "2009-08-26T21:47:21Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > True. I often switch parties every other day and sometimes several times a day just depending on which threads I click on. Likewise. Please; tell me which party you are. I wish to switch and partake of your point of view for the day. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-conservative-or-liberal-forum/507783/22 "2009-08-26T23:53:15Z")
I hight the _Fight For Your Right To_ party. We don’t have caucuses or townhall meetings or conventions; we have keggers. ---
**Author:** ![Pithy\_Moniker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@Pithy\_Moniker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pithy_Moniker)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-conservative-or-liberal-forum/507783/23 "2009-08-27T00:00:19Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I daresay people have switched **panties** one or more times a day due to threads they clicked on. Is it an exchange with other posters or do they just go put on a fresh pair? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-conservative-or-liberal-forum/507783/24 "2009-08-27T00:01:51Z")
That wasn’t a typo. More like an extension of Rule 34. ---
**Author:** ![statsman1982](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-conservative-or-liberal-forum/507783/25 "2009-08-27T00:06:28Z")
To the OP: This board is biased heavily in favor of those who prize reason and thoughtfulness over knee-jerk reactions and histrionics, civility over self-righteousness. We are not prudes (check out our TMI threads, if you dare), and honest questions, regardless of how trivial they may seem, are welcome. Liberal or conservative, if you value these qualities, you’ll be at home here. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-conservative-or-liberal-forum/507783/26 "2009-08-27T00:08:20Z")
Communist. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-conservative-or-liberal-forum/507783/27 "2009-08-27T00:20:43Z")
Is political discusssion the main purpose of this board? Since , so far as I can see, it is not, I’m not sure how significant it is whether board members skew conservative or liberal. My guess is that membership skews more liberal; there is nothing whatsoever, however, that prevents conservatives from posting their viewpoints to whatever degree they wish. For me, a truly depressing number of political threads here start out as partisan advertising or sloganeering rather than actual attempts at discussion, but mostly that seems to be perfectly acceptable as long as it doesn’t descend into personal insults. Yes, I know a few posters from various political positions like to claim suppression by the moderators, but the evidence is very thin. ---
**Author:** ![C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C.Montgomery_Burns)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-conservative-or-liberal-forum/507783/28 "2009-08-27T00:32:13Z")
It comes across as very liberal to me. I’ve seen quite a few instances of slobbering over Barack Obama. There also seems to be a higher than average number of people hostile to religion, which is often lumped in as a liberal position. I’m a center-leaning conservative. Sometimes I feel quite uncomfortable reading some discussions, but I’m the type to just look elsewhere rather than get in a fight. Nobody ever wins fights over politics, everybody just winds up hating each other. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-conservative-or-liberal-forum/507783/29 "2009-08-27T00:46:12Z")
Between the Left and the Right, I honestly can’t decide which America to hate more. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-conservative-or-liberal-forum/507783/30 "2009-08-27T01:30:06Z")
Related: anyone remember if any conservative posters announced they were leaving the boards after Cecil’s “damn fool war” comment? I scanned the [Comments on Cecil’s Columns thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-176563.html) but in vain. ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-conservative-or-liberal-forum/507783/31 "2009-08-27T01:50:16Z")
> [@Cat\_Fight](#): > > …best answer seemed to be that it’s clearly liberal if you’re in the US and somewhat less so if you’re in another English-speaking country. Yes, my overall impression of the Dope is more right / conservative than centrist… but that’s from the perspective of my pinko country. 🙂 > [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](#): > > There also seems to be a higher than average number of people hostile to religion, which is often lumped in as a liberal position. The hostility to religion is an odd twist (from my point of view), but then I’m from quite secular country (something like 40% no-religion) where our previous Prime Minister was either atheist or agnostic, and the current one doesn’t believe in life after death and said of religion: “if you’re asking me if I’m religious it depends how you define religion”. We have far fewer strongly vocal folks here both pro- and anti-religion, so less reason I think to feel defensive about the issue. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-conservative-or-liberal-forum/507783/32 "2009-08-27T02:11:02Z")
The board? Depends on how you define left and/or right. This forum? We swing both ways. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-conservative-or-liberal-forum/507783/33 "2009-08-27T02:23:47Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > The board? Depends on how you define left and/or right. > This forum? We swing both ways. And we have both kinds of music. Country AND Western. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-conservative-or-liberal-forum/507783/34 "2009-08-27T02:24:47Z")
I’d have to say liberal, but that’s mostly based on the fact that more people here seem to get upset at conservative jerks than liberal jerks, rather than based on their actual posts. To be fair, I guess those would only apply to the Pit and GD, as getting upset at people seems to be inherently frowned upon elsewhere. And, yes, by liberal, I mean the American Democratic Party. I am also a center leaning conservative. Or maybe center leaning liberal. I’m never sure any more. I voted for Obama, but only because of Palin. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-conservative-or-liberal-forum/507783/35 "2009-08-27T02:27:15Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > This forum? We swing both ways. So, since this is the forum for polls, I’d guess that this is the bi-poller forum. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-conservative-or-liberal-forum/507783/36 "2009-08-27T12:01:07Z")
The boards are (by US standards) socially extremely liberal, economically moderately liberal. It is predominantly agnostic and atheist, with a substantial fraction of those atheists being the rabidly anti-religious sort. There is a sprinkling of libertarians and conservatives. The moderators are unanimously liberal. This is reflected in the attitudes they bring to their moderation. A good many Dopers are in denial about all or some of the above. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-conservative-or-liberal-forum/507783/37 "2009-08-27T13:09:15Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > The boards are (by US standards) socially extremely liberal, economically moderately liberal. It is predominantly agnostic and atheist, with a substantial fraction of those atheists being the rabidly anti-religious sort. There is a sprinkling of libertarians and conservatives. > > The moderators are unanimously liberal. This is reflected in the attitudes they bring to their moderation. > > A good many Dopers are in denial about all or some of the above. > > Regards, > Shodan Yeah, I think it’s mostly pretty liberal. It does vary a bit depending on the issues. Just some examples: Abortion: All over the place(?) I don’t usually wade through these threads, but the distribution seems more even than for other issues. Unions: Other than a few vocal posters, I don’t think it’s very union-friendly. Free trade: More free trade than not But then again, my own biases color my perceptions. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-conservative-or-liberal-forum/507783/38 "2009-08-27T13:35:26Z")
We’re a bit like Clinton, now that I think about it. Socially liberal, economically moderate - we want welfare reform, but not the destruction of the welfare state. And we like a good blowjob. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-conservative-or-liberal-forum/507783/39 "2009-08-27T14:12:46Z")
It’s a strongly _anti-ignorance_ board. Any political leanings it has are the result of that. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-conservative-or-liberal-forum/507783/40 "2009-08-27T14:35:43Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > And we like a good blowjob. Is there a female version of the word ‘blowjob’? I don’t mean, ‘cunninglingus’ or however you spell it… I mean a cool, easy, quick word. I can’t believe I just realized there isn’t a female equivalent of ‘blowjob’. ETA: I guess, “give me some head” works. Not as cool as ‘blowjob’ though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-conservative-or-liberal-forum/507783.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-conservative-or-liberal-forum/507783.md?page=3)