# Why have conservatives left this message board?

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Tags:** trump\
**Created:** [April 14, 2025, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-conservatives-left-this-message-board/1017016 "2025-04-14T01:14:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-conservatives-left-this-message-board/1017016/2 "2025-04-14T01:21:20Z")

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> [@Surprises coming for voters for the Leopards-Eating-Faces Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/2779):
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> No-posters that played fast and loose with the rules, _which were explained quite clearly to them more than once_, were made to feel unwelcome here. No matter what they pulled, they claimed over and over and over again that the _only_ reason for animosity was their political viewpoint.

Some conservative posters who left were banned, but others just drifted away. An early casualty was Mod Emeritus @manhattan.

Conservatives have a persecution complex, so they will claim persecution. But I think there are some deeper factors at work.

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