Confessions of a Gay male conservative

I've been away for a long time, and thing it's time to share my thoughts. What does it mean to be conservative, fair, and rational?

First, I am not a "homocon". Homocon" is equally as offensive as "snowflake. I think they are are actually the same. I find both snowflake and homocon offensive as meaningless identity politics statement. There are too many snowflakes on the left and right, POTUS being the worst offender. Not all homocons are conservative. AntiFa protesters come to mind.

I am a conservative person. This means taking personal responsibility but not being mean nor mendacious nor avaricious. It means not making changes without a  rational reason. (More on this in another posting) But we should not be afraid to change, and the status quo is not a defense to oppose change. The status quo is historic. So was the flat earth, Jim Crow, and sodomy laws. All were false ab initio, and should be rejected. Norms can be wrong, and can definitely change.


I have been blessed by the freedoms our country offers. I freely admit I owe something back. "Pass it in" is the liberal buzzword, but we are not all islands. The traditional conservative label is "noblesse oblige", something lived by FDR or Bush-41. Something not lived by most of today's GOP.

Identify politics should be for those who have historically been oppressed: Women, people of color, LGBT, or minority religions.

Men, straight persons, whites, or protestant Christians do not qualify (I am 3 of the 4, and am aware of my privilege even with the homophobia that still needs to change). They 4 have never been oppressed, and are not being oppressed today by being mae to acknowledge past and present privilege.

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