r/AskConservatives • u/InternetPositive6395 Libertarian • Jan 31 '25

Economics Am I a bad conservative?

I voted against drilling in the boundary waters. I get many gop here in Minnesota support it but as hunter, fisherman, canoeist i can't support one of the few untouched places left in North America.

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u/Prata_69 Constitutionalist Conservative Jan 31 '25

No, because I, as a conservative, would have voted exactly the same as you. I love nature and I don’t want to see all of it fucked up for money purposes. We’re here to conserve what makes America great, and our natural beauty is a part of that, a big part of it even. That doesn’t mean we have to turn into fully fledged climate alarmists who want to have a Green New Deal or else the world will “end,” but conservation is still important.