# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/41 "2012-11-01T12:23:15Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > 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”. Cite? So, you must know of some right-leaning boards that are _not_ wholly gun oriented. I’m not interested but the OP is… ---
**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, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/42 "2012-11-01T12:34:22Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > So, you must know of some right-leaning boards that are _not_ wholly gun oriented. I’m not interested but the OP is… For starters, most nationally-syndicated talk show hosts are libertarian or conservative, and most have message boards (e.g. Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Clark Howard). ---
**Author:** ![Saraya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Saraya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saraya)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/43 "2012-11-01T13:28:54Z")
Uh [Stormfront.org](http://Stormfront.org)? ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/44 "2012-11-01T14:15:41Z")
> [@R.P.McMurphy](#): > > Why would you want to be on a board where everybody is steering the car while driving down the highway at 80 mph using the rear view mirror as their guidance reference? > > (Note to file: We can’t put it back to the way it was and the way it was wasn’t so great. Might as well look ahead.) Because those who do not learn from the mistakes of the past are condemned to repeat them. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/45 "2012-11-01T14:25:50Z")
> [@PandaBear77](#): > > You’re not likely to find a very active one, conservatives tend to .. ya know. Have jobs. 😉 Jobs that apparently give them time off from noon to 3pm every afternoon when Rush Limbaugh is on. Seriously, how does Rush have such a huge audience during that time slot, if the conservatives are all at work? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/46 "2012-11-01T14:34:43Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Where can I find a good message board that happens to lean conservative? You can find good message boards, and you can find conservative message boards where you can talk about political issues in general. But there’s much more groupthink on the right than on the left these days. You really can’t be a pro-choice conservative anymore, or a conservative that believes in human-caused global warming, or a conservative who believes in Keynesian economics, or a conservative who believes universal health care would be a good thing, or a conservative who believes that liberalizing immigration from Latin America would be a good thing, or…or…or. I joined Redstate a number of years ago, just to see how well librul arguments held up in such an environment, and I really never got the chance to find out, because I was quickly banned for fairly mild disagreement with the party line. Maybe there’s a place that’s better than that, but I really doubt it. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/47 "2012-11-01T18:01:00Z")
> [@Saraya](#): > > Uh [Stormfront.org](http://Stormfront.org)? You must have missed the part in the OP where he indicated he wanted a _ **good** _ message board, not a bord populated by complete nutjobs and racist assholes. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2012, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/48 "2012-11-01T18:06:40Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > 100% no. > > The other posters are absolutely correct in saying that American conservatives are OBJECTIVELY wrong. Maybe, but America isn’t the whole world. There are conservatives outside America. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/49 "2012-11-01T18:25:14Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > 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”. Yeah, damn liberals opposing the teaching of evolution! Makes me sick! Plus those liberals always want to peek in everyone’s bedroom to make sure they’re only having sex the way God intended! What nerve! Fuckers even got us mired in 2 wars! yep - liberals suck! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/50 "2012-11-01T19:18:45Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Maybe, but America isn’t the whole world. There are conservatives outside America. More to the point ‘American conservatives’ as commonly defined aren’t conservatives. They’re reactionaries. A conservative wants to keep things pretty much the way they are, with, at most, incremental change. Mainstream Democrats, in American political discourse, are conservatives. A reactionary wants to go backwards, undoing some social and economic change. Mainstream Republicans are reactionaries, for wanting to undo the Great Society and New Deal and other social welfare programs instituted decades ago. Notice how there is no mainstream political party for progressives, people who want faster change, in this country. I certainly have. ---
**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, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/51 "2012-11-01T19:37:40Z")
Derleth makes a great point. And Quartz, I never said that America was the whole world. I am VERY thankful for that fact. As much as I love America, and I really do, I am glad that we have a diversity of opinions around the world. ---
**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, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/52 "2012-11-01T21:11:52Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Yeah, damn liberals opposing the teaching of evolution! Makes me sick! > Plus those liberals always want to peek in everyone’s bedroom to make sure they’re only having sex the way God intended! What nerve! Fuckers even got us mired in 2 wars! > > yep - liberals suck! > :rolleyes: I hope you realize I was being facetious. Reread my post. ---
**Author:** ![FuzzyOgre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@FuzzyOgre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuzzyOgre)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/53 "2012-11-02T03:18:46Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > More to the point ‘American conservatives’ as commonly defined aren’t conservatives. They’re reactionaries. > > A conservative wants to keep things pretty much the way they are, with, at most, incremental change. Mainstream Democrats, in American political discourse, are conservatives. > > A reactionary wants to go backwards, undoing some social and economic change. Mainstream Republicans are reactionaries, for wanting to undo the Great Society and New Deal and other social welfare programs instituted decades ago. > > Notice how there is no mainstream political party for progressives, people who want faster change, in this country. I certainly have. Beautifully said. ---
**Author:** ![fattigermaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8baadc/32.png) [@fattigermaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fattigermaster)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/54 "2012-11-02T03:32:33Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > It’s been said more than once than the Dope is very liberal, it certainly is. > > Where can I find a good message board that happens to lean conservative? If you don’t care for [Freerepublic.com](http://Freerepublic.com) (and there’s many good reasons why anyone wouldn’t) you could try [Trueblueliberty.com](http://Trueblueliberty.com). Also, many of the conservative newsblogs listed at The Drudge Report have accompanying online discussions on their articles and topics of the day. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/55 "2012-11-02T04:44:37Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > I hope you realize I was being facetious. Reread my post. Whooshed again. I’ll learn one day… ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/56 "2012-11-02T04:51:15Z")
> [@fattigermaster](#): > > If you don’t care for [Freerepublic.com](http://Freerepublic.com) (and there’s many good reasons why anyone wouldn’t) you could try [Trueblueliberty.com](http://Trueblueliberty.com). Also, many of the conservative newsblogs listed at The Drudge Report have accompanying online discussions on their articles and topics of the day. Expanding briefly on what I said back on page one about subreddits, [Reddit does indeed have an /r/conservative subreddit.](http://www.reddit.com/r/conservative/) An analysis of its general quality I leave to you good folks. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2012, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/57 "2012-11-02T11:20:00Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > > [@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”. Ah, the old false equivalence routine; defenders of the Right constantly pull that one. Probably because the positions of the Right are so indefensible, and because the Right has become so utterly worthless & destructive that there’s nothing left _positive_ to say for it. So rather than trying to defend the indefensible, they try to pretend that there’s no difference between them and their opposites. No, both sides are not “just as bad”. Both sides are not equally in denial of reality, equally fanatical, equally amoral, equally uncaring for the welfare of the country, or equally extreme. It’s the Right that comes out the worse in all of those comparisons, by far. And the hallmark of modern American liberalism is its near nonexistence. ---
**Author:** ![fattigermaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8baadc/32.png) [@fattigermaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fattigermaster)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/58 "2012-11-02T11:26:10Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Expanding briefly on what I said back on page one about subreddits, [Reddit does indeed have an /r/conservative subreddit.](http://www.reddit.com/r/conservative/) An analysis of its general quality I leave to you good folks. Bookmarked for later analysis, thanx ---
**Author:** ![hammos1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@hammos1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hammos1)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/59 "2012-11-02T16:21:12Z")
That list of internet forums ranked by size posted previously ([Big Boards](http://rankings.big-boards.com/?p=all)) is really something. How can the 16th biggest forum on the entire internet be ‘A bulletin board dedicated to horses (in dutch)’? ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396/60 "2012-11-02T16:28:41Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Ah, the old false equivalence routine; defenders of the Right constantly pull that one. Probably because the positions of the Right are so indefensible, and because the Right has become so utterly worthless & destructive that there’s nothing left _positive_ to say for it. So rather than trying to defend the indefensible, they try to pretend that there’s no difference between them and their opposites. A train of though described most elegantly by the great Paul Reubens when he quoth, “I know you are, but what am I?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396.md?page=4)