# Where can I find a conservative leaning message board? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 31, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396 "2012-10-31T03:18:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [October 31, 2012, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/21 "2012-10-31T13:23:30Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Because _reality_ is “moderate to left”. Would it not be more precise to say, ‘Because _society_ is “moderate to left.”’? ---
**Author:** ![FluffyBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@FluffyBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FluffyBob)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/22 "2012-10-31T14:38:50Z")
> [@amanset](#): > > It may be _from your point of view_. Personally I find it right leaning, mainly due to there being so many Americans. Amen brother! When some angry campaigner comes on here and prefaces their OP with a proclamation of the extreme leftness of this board I role my eyes. In American culture there seems to be this popular equation of any policy not strongly right of center with socialism. Meanwhile there is a lot of very American philosophy (militarism for example) that just seems to be broadly accepted with little questioning. What I do find is that there is a lot of snarky intolerance, it is the internet after all. Overall I find plenty of thoughtful posts to read and can ignore the crap from the campaigners. With regards to the OP, there is a desperate need for a rational conservative voice in the US. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/23 "2012-10-31T17:24:28Z")
> [@SanDiegoTim](#): > > If I was lookng for a board to discuss politics, my choice would be one at which different points of view could be discussed intelligently…just opinions discussed sans characterizations disguised as facts. No flames. No stupidity. No party-sponsored talking points. My views are conservative and I have no problem, and indeed enjoy, talking politics with those of a liberal persuasion. This assumes, of course, the above. No such place exists. If it did, it would either be kept an absolute secret to avoid the attention of the rest of the internet, or it would by necessity be moderated so heavily and heavy-handedly that it would be unpalateable. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/24 "2012-10-31T18:06:47Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Would it not be more precise to say, ‘Because _society_ is “moderate to left.”’? Global warming is real and humans are causing it. Evolution happened and is happening. Abstinence-only sex ed leads to higher rates of teenage pregnancy. Any politician who took those positions would be moderate-left at the very least in American political discourse. The thing is, though, _those aren’t positions, those are facts._ That’s what Colbert meant when he said “Reality has a liberal bias.” ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/25 "2012-10-31T18:12:11Z")
There are boards that are conservative and/or libertarian in content and membership. But all of them I’ve seen are specific in topic (like [opencarry.org](http://opencarry.org)). ---
**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:** [October 31, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/26 "2012-10-31T18:56:03Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Global warming is real and humans are causing it. > > Evolution happened and is happening. > > Abstinence-only sex ed leads to higher rates of teenage pregnancy. And none of those are liberal or conservative. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/27 "2012-10-31T19:10:07Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > And none of those are liberal or conservative. Not in America. In America, opposition to those facts is required to be accepted as a conservative Republican. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/28 "2012-10-31T22:02:02Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > > [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > > > Because _reality_ is “moderate to left”. > > Would it not be more precise to say, ‘Because _society_ is “moderate to left.”’? No; I chose “reality” purposefully. One of the hallmarks of modern conservatism is how much of what they believe is flat out objectively, factually wrong. They aren’t just wrong about the goals they have for society, which are often more a matter of opinion or morality. They believe things that flat out contradict known facts or are logically impossible, and deny those facts when presented with them. More and more, for conservatives everything from economics to science to history to military policy is to them faith based; something that is “true” _because they declare it to be_ so regardless of the facts. “We make our own reality”. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/29 "2012-10-31T22:28:41Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > 4Chan is constantly at war with itself about whether it’s a board that celebrates Japanese culture, or is anti-Japanese culture with every fiber of its anonymous hate-filled soul. > > Also internet memes. > > ETA: I’m not sure SA could beat Gaia. Gaia is its own strange monolith of a forum with a ridiculously devoted fanbase – not to mention the site is set up in a way that encourages coming back for reasons other than the discussion. Its culture also doesn’t demand decent spelling and grammar, and is generally a little less abrasive. I don’t **like** Gaia much, nor do I go to it that often, but I don’t think SA could beat it if it wants to keep its current community. You’re right, SA couldn’t compete. Gaia has over 26 million members with over 2 billion posts compared to SA with 166,000 members and 132 million posts. [Source](http://www.thebiggestboards.com/) SDMB is 44th in the rankings with 137,000 members and 15 million posts. It’s the top forum that astounds me though, ConceptArt. It has 376,000 members but their post count is 8,593,255,108! Now that’s talkative! ---
**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:** [October 31, 2012, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/30 "2012-10-31T22:31:18Z")
Surely you’re mixing conservatives with fundamentalists? ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/31 "2012-10-31T22:49:04Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > One of the hallmarks of modern conservatism is how much of what they believe is flat out objectively, factually wrong. \*\*US \*\*modern conservatism. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/32 "2012-10-31T22:58:08Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Surely you’re mixing conservatives with fundamentalists? No; non-fundamentalist American conservatives have the same “faith based” view of the world; they just apply it to non-religious matters. > [@Princhester](#): > > \*\*US \*\*modern conservatism. Yes, that’s what I meant. ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/33 "2012-10-31T23:13:41Z")
I noticed most boards devoted to pro sports lean conservative and usually have a forum set aside for political talk… ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/34 "2012-10-31T23:57:47Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Surely you’re mixing conservatives with fundamentalists? I don’t know. Can someone who still, to this day, denies global warming exists be called a fundie? ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/35 "2012-11-01T01:35:16Z")
You’re not likely to find a very active one, conservatives tend to … ya know. Have jobs. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![getitrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@getitrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/getitrite)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/36 "2012-11-01T01:38:46Z")
As a guest who has wondered what a good board is I have found an amazing thing in SDMB, but your not my first, its a little biased to the right, Truth at this place, these are Trolls if your not RIGHT, want someone to call you names for being just a little moderate, want to be ganged and berated, go here [katkall.com](http://katkall.com) they will remind you why a good conversation and open minded conversation is so important. Another one with a lot of the righties without sense and no understanding of facts is USMB, they can make you laugh at stupid which is more intellegent than some there, but not all. This is the answer to a question posted in OP, this in no way a reflection of how the people on those boards see themselves, they don’t have mirrors. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/37 "2012-11-01T02:43:12Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Surely you’re mixing conservatives with fundamentalists? 100% no. The other posters are absolutely correct in saying that American conservatives are OBJECTIVELY wrong. In order for any conservative politician to win, they have to adopt the following positions: [ul] [li]Global warming is not man made and it’s not a concern that we need to address[/li][li]Gays getting married will be devastating to western civilization[/li][li]Gays serving openly in the military will decrease morale and make the armed forces weaker[/li][li]Evolution is just a “theory” and intelligent design should be on equal grounds in the classroom[/li][/ul] There are probably many more positions that are escaping me at the time, but all objective evidence flies in the face of the positions that modern conservative american politicians take up in order to win election. It’s sickening. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/38 "2012-11-01T11:58:01Z")
> [@PandaBear77](#): > > You’re not likely to find a very active one, conservatives tend to .. ya know. Have jobs. 😉 you might just as accurately say conservatives tend to..ya know…not understand the internet. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/39 "2012-11-01T12:13:26Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Many, if not most, of the members at firearms-oriented boards are conservatives. Those that aren’t are almost all libertarians. [Thehighroad.org](http://Thehighroad.org) is very well moderated and keeps the crazies down, but they like to stay focused on guns. [Armedpolitesociety.com](http://Armedpolitesociety.com) spun off from the original High Road as a place for the members to discuss things other than guns and is still an active general discussion board. I doubt you’ll find a single liberal there. I belong to a number of gun-related boards, and yep… they’re all conservative/libertarian. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/40 "2012-11-01T12:16:38Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > No; I chose “reality” purposefully. One of the hallmarks of modern conservatism is how much of what they believe is flat out objectively, factually wrong. They aren’t just wrong about the goals they have for society, which are often more a matter of opinion or morality. They believe things that flat out contradict known facts or are logically impossible, and deny those facts when presented with them. More and more, for conservatives everything from economics to science to history to military policy is to them faith based; something that is “true” _because they declare it to be_ so regardless of the facts. “We make our own reality”. Agree. And let me just say that one of the hallmarks of modern liberalism is how much of what they believe is flat out objectively, factually wrong. They aren’t just wrong about the goals they have for society, which are often more a matter of opinion or morality. They believe things that flat out contradict known facts or are logically impossible, and deny those facts when presented with them. More and more, for liberals everything from economics to science to history to military policy is to them faith based; something that is “true” _because they declare it to be_ so regardless of the facts. “We make our own reality”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396.md?page=3)