[stevio]

I’m pretty sure most of us aren’t going to gay bars.

[patriot torch]

Yup, the same sentiments I have echoed for months, if not years.

[dragnet2]

Conservative professional career politicians?

For the most part, they don’t even exist.

[whitney69]

“Where are the conservatives?”

In Colorado?

wy69

[whitney69]

“Where are the conservatives?”

In Colorado?

wy69

[caver]

Good question!

[Lisbon1940]

Nobel committees are Swedish and one Norwegian.

[nonliberal]

We aren’t in gay bars or hanging out with trannies. We are quietly going about our business, lifting, training, buying ammo and doing our best to have a decent life. We are “the men who want to be left alone.”

[JonPreston]

Where are the conservatives?

The movement split into about two dozen kinds of conservatives in the late 80s, early 90s. From Paleoconservatives, to Neoconservative, moderate conservative, compassionate conservative to Extreme conservative, there's a flavor for anyone and everyone. The left, OTOH, has coalesced into a progressive left that never, ever speaks ill of one another. While Rs are attacking Trump, the left is defending Demented Joe. See the difference?

[cuban leaf]

What are we to do, exactly? Some nutjob shoots up a place in another country (Colorado) and I’ve got issues in my own country (Kentucky).

[sauropod]

Bkmk

[euram]

Are there any conservative billionaires who are willing to pump millions into political battles? The ONLY ones I see eager to do that are some of the wealthy neo-cons pushing their leftist version of conservativism which to them means endless Middle East wars.

[Vermont Lt]

I think you see what you are looking for.

At least on FR, disagreement is seen as Anti-American.

[Sarcazmo]

I have a theory on this. It’s just an idea I’m working through - not perfect.

I think they are still there, but have been conditioned to not recognize evil and shun it as appropriate. I believe this happened through the churches and communist infiltration of them long ago.

Look, drag queens are evil. But many conservatives have been conditioned to believe it’s just a lifestyle and we should accept people’s differences. No, that stuff is evil and I don’t allow it in my house. I don’t let it around my kids. Drags and their ilk are not my friends or acquaintances. Why should I have a friend that is evil? Blue-haired abortion activists are evil. Communists of all stripes are evil, I don’t want them around me or at my table for Thanksgiving. I don’t want them in my community or at my parades.

Hell yes I discriminate. I discriminate against evil! I won’t allow it in my house.

I think we need to get back to not being afraid to call out evil and shun it.

Trouble is, the evil ones have put teeth in their dogma. Say the wrong thing, you’re out of a job, or can’t see the grandkids anymore. We’re in a spot, that’s for sure.

[bigbob]

Those from conservative backgrounds start out with those views but as they move through the educational system the bias toward liberal-progressive ideas becomes increasingly real. In high school it may be just being shunned by the girls who are sympathetic with abortion, gay issues, etc but in grad school it comes down to not speaking openly if you want your grant or fellowship approved.

So they either adopt liberal views themselves or at best, learn to suppress their conservative views in order to get along and get ahead.

[JBW1949]

I gave you the basic answer in post #18...

[nbenyo]

Conservatives are working hard supporting their families, while the schools they pay for turn their kids into social justice warriors.

[DoodleBob]

A big part of this, is that leftists are willing to sacrifice impurities for a greater long run gain.

Some conservatives won't work with "freaks" or anyone with whom they're not in 75% alignment.

That limits collaboration to build a massive coalition, and thus liberty withers.

Let's take this club in Colorado....which is a similar tragedy to the Orlando shooting in 2016.

Conservatives should be arming the gays, expanding the club of 2nd Amendment adherents, and halting fruitless gun controls.

The essence of this coalition is embodied in this picture.

However, many times when I posted this pic, fellow FReepers basically said "gays are the enemy" and they'd never work with them.

Now, I totally understand not wanting to sanction sex outside of marriage...that's a violation of a Commandments. And I get that some guys are afraid that they'll get cooties if they interact with gays. Or, worse yet, someone may think THEY are gay.

But Jesus interacted with tax collectors, adulteresses, and the like. He CONVERTED them. Now, that didn't always happen, but exposing statist-leaning people to freedom without disdain dripping from ones lips, can help the cause.

Naaahhhh..not with THEM.

So this awesome potential to expand liberty, and maybe get a few people on the Road to Damascus, is rarely experienced.

I never saw a movement shrink itself to glory. But I guess our side will keep trying, while leftist folks grow in numbers.

[EEGator]

At work.

[ifinnegan]

What do your thoughts have to do with murders in Colorado