# The Best “Conservative Board?” **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 1, 2003, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-conservative-board/198918 "2003-09-01T04:33:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tigers2B1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc29f/32.png) [@Tigers2B1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tigers2B1)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-conservative-board/198918/1 "2003-09-01T04:33:22Z")
I’ve grown to consider the reading material found on The Straightdope Board as a major part of my education. While I post only when my fancy is tickled – I read posts almost daily. I search for posts on every subject and I’m never – ever – disappointed in the highest quality of debate found on this board. I absolutely love the debate form as a method for forcing out different aspects of a subject – and rounding out the subject for a reader. Now here’s my fear. I suspect that Straightdope could fairly be labeled a “liberal” or ‘left leaning’ board. I understand that the representation here is broad but the posters and the threads starts might be described as left of center, predominate on this board. (No, I don’t have a cite 🙂 .) By saying that, I mean – certain viewpoints appear strongly over-represented on this board when compared to the general population. That is not in itself a bad thing – but what that “fact” does do is create the impression that there is more out there to learn. Good, Bad, Or Indifferent ---- Another universe of ideas just might be out there that may not be getting a fair representation at Straightdope. With all of those assumptions in mind ---- and I understand they are “assumptions” only — I ask this. \>\>\> Is there a conservative counterpart to Straightdope somewhere out there in the ether? If so, I’d love the web address so I can go take a peek, or two or 1,002. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-conservative-board/198918/2 "2003-09-01T04:46:04Z")
There is one, but it’s a little extreme so I don’t think mods would appreciate me citing it (even if I wanted to I can’t remember it’s name). But as I said that is an extreme board. I do not know of any Right of Centre or non extreme ‘right’ boards (I am sure others here do) As a left leaning person myself I find it hard to concede that any rightwing viewpoint is a _good_ thing for _anyone_ to learn, believing that right-wing views are old-fashioned and therefore are things we should forget, rather than seek to learn. Having said that I am politically naive, so am probably wrong about my previous paragraph, it is just how I tend to think. If anyone can prove me dead wrong feel free. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-conservative-board/198918/3 "2003-09-01T04:49:55Z")
But - If what you seek is to escape from the risk of learning a left-slanted POV of an issue that may not be the whole truth by finding out what the right-slanted pov is. Using those two POVs to figure out what the truth actually is. Or something. Then I encourage it. ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-conservative-board/198918/4 "2003-09-01T05:02:15Z")
Well, [www.freerepublic.com](http://www.freerepublic.com) is a large conservative messageboard/news discussion/political activision site. ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-conservative-board/198918/5 "2003-09-01T05:53:41Z")
I am still waiting for the good folks at [www.aynrand.org](http://www.aynrand.org) to create a message board. ---
**Author:** ![MindWanderer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@MindWanderer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindWanderer)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-conservative-board/198918/6 "2003-09-01T06:17:43Z")
[ProtestWarrior.com](http://ProtestWarrior.com) has a pretty right wing message board. I got there when I need a dose of far right stuff. In general the flavor of it is anti-liberalism rather than focusing on right wing issues as such. Plus you can look at protest sign and picture gallery. ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-conservative-board/198918/7 "2003-09-01T06:20:36Z")
What we need is a bleeding heart, hard-line moderate board. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-conservative-board/198918/8 "2003-09-01T06:22:03Z")
Don’t you worry; the left-wingers haven’t taken over _this_ board. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-conservative-board/198918/9 "2003-09-01T15:01:17Z")
I’m very disappointed with you, Lobsang > [@](#): > > As a left leaning person myself I find it hard to concede that any rightwing viewpoint is a good thing for anyone to learn, believing that right-wing views are old-fashioned and therefore are things we should forget, rather than seek to learn. How can you hope to argue against a position if you’re ignorant of it? Personally, I find this BBS well left of centre, but being a centrist (between Left/Socialism and Right/Capitalism), I read Blogs of both descriptions. I am, however very much a Libertarian (as opposed to Statist) but whereas there are a number of Libertarian blogs, I have yet to find a pure Statist blog - many socialists seem to be statists, but many do not. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-conservative-board/198918/10 "2003-09-01T23:34:00Z")
**qts** I did say I was probably wrong… > [@](#): > > Having said that I am politically naive, so am probably wrong about my previous paragraph, it is just how I tend to think. If anyone can prove me dead wrong feel free. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-conservative-board/198918/11 "2003-09-01T23:35:08Z")
I probably should have said ‘conservative’ rather than right-wing or right leaning. Even then I’d probably be wrong.