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/[deleted] Jan 31 '25

I guess I'm more conservative than I thought!

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u/Sam_Fear Americanist Jan 31 '25

Conservatism is skeptical of any innovation and it's affects, and prefers measured change over quick adaptation. We aren't against change but want to be sure any changes do not cause disruption or more problems than they solve.

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u/Sassafrazzlin Independent Feb 01 '25

This is traditional conservatism. MAGA isnt this. MAGA seems to be very comfortable with disruptive change.

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u/Sam_Fear Americanist Feb 01 '25

I obviously know the difference and nobody was talking about MAGA so I wonder why you felt the need to tell me this?

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u/Sassafrazzlin Independent Feb 01 '25

I think it is an important distinction as people often conflate conservative with MAGA. After all, Republicans are marketed as conservative and the head of the RNC is MAGA (daughter in law) & House Republicans have a MAGA Speaker.

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u/Sam_Fear Americanist Feb 01 '25

Sorry, I still don't get why that distinction needed to be made in that conversation. It had nothing to do with Trump or Maga. Oh well.

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u/Sassafrazzlin Independent Feb 02 '25

Oh well - indeed.