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I don’t think the conservative right gives a flying fuck about censoring swear words. The religious right, on the other hand, cares a whole ducking lot. Makes

I don’t think the conservative right gives a flying fuck about censoring swear words. The religious right, on the other hand, cares a whole ducking lot. Makes arguments easier if you lump both groups together though.

tsimionescu 4y ago
What non-religious conservative right is there, at least in the USA? Who would be an example of such a thing? I do agree that the libertarian right does not care about this (say, Ron Paul).
- UncleEntity 4y ago
  There are plenty of people who are politically conservative but don’t have particularly strong religious beliefs. Not every republican is anti-abortion and pro-prayer in school no matter how the media portrays them. You should meet some real people sometime and see how the other half lives. —edit— Though…if you don’t look like you walked straight off the set of Duck Dynasty they are probably closet conservatives and won’t risk offending some random stranger with their “hate speech” because that’s what ‘merica has become.
  - tsimionescu 4y ago
    > Not every republican is anti-abortion and pro-prayer in school no matter how the media portrays them. Sure, but not every republican is conservative. Most that I've seen or heard are either religious and conservative, or they are libertarian.
eesmith 4y ago
"MyPillow CEO’s free speech social network will ban posts that take the Lord’s name in vain" - “You don’t get to use the four swear words: the c-word, the n-word, the f-word, or God’s name in vain,” - https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/14/22383841/mike-lindell-social-network-frank-free-speech-conservative-censorship https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/14/22383841/mike-lindell-soc... "Parler CEO Says He'll Ban Users for Posting Bad Words, Dicks, Boobs, or Poop" - https://gizmodo.com/parler-ceo-says-hell-ban-users-for-posting-bad-words-d-1844222360 https://gizmodo.com/parler-ceo-says-hell-ban-users-for-posti...
the_only_law 4y ago
> Makes arguments easier if you lump both groups together though. Which is easy to do when the only two parties with any influence are massive conglomerates of many different groups and factions.
vkou 4y ago
In 2022 America, those two groups are welded at the hip, and the latter are steering the boat, while the former smiles and nods. It's a distinction without a difference.

tsimionescu 4y ago

What non-religious conservative right is there, at least in the USA? Who would be an example of such a thing? I do agree that the libertarian right does not care about this (say, Ron Paul).

UncleEntity 4y ago
There are plenty of people who are politically conservative but don’t have particularly strong religious beliefs. Not every republican is anti-abortion and pro-prayer in school no matter how the media portrays them. You should meet some real people sometime and see how the other half lives. —edit— Though…if you don’t look like you walked straight off the set of Duck Dynasty they are probably closet conservatives and won’t risk offending some random stranger with their “hate speech” because that’s what ‘merica has become.
- tsimionescu 4y ago
  > Not every republican is anti-abortion and pro-prayer in school no matter how the media portrays them. Sure, but not every republican is conservative. Most that I've seen or heard are either religious and conservative, or they are libertarian.

eesmith 4y ago

"MyPillow CEO’s free speech social network will ban posts that take the Lord’s name in vain" - “You don’t get to use the four swear words: the c-word, the n-word, the f-word, or God’s name in vain,” - https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/14/22383841/mike-lindell-social-network-frank-free-speech-conservative-censorship https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/14/22383841/mike-lindell-soc... "Parler CEO Says He'll Ban Users for Posting Bad Words, Dicks, Boobs, or Poop" - https://gizmodo.com/parler-ceo-says-hell-ban-users-for-posting-bad-words-d-1844222360 https://gizmodo.com/parler-ceo-says-hell-ban-users-for-posti...

the_only_law 4y ago

> Makes arguments easier if you lump both groups together though. Which is easy to do when the only two parties with any influence are massive conglomerates of many different groups and factions.

vkou 4y ago

In 2022 America, those two groups are welded at the hip, and the latter are steering the boat, while the former smiles and nods. It's a distinction without a difference.