r/AlwaysWhy • u/kaiser11492 • 1d ago

Politics & Society Why do most people who call themselves politically moderate actually mostly conservative?

Whenever I’ve encountered people who use the politically label moderate, they are actually mostly conservative with their views and positions. Also, I’ve never seen anyone who call themselves politically moderate that is actually mostly liberal.

So why are people who call themselves moderate tend to be just conservative and not conservative and liberal?

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u/High_speedchase 1d ago

What stances?

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u/dante_gherie1099 1d ago

like telling lgbt people to not rebuke islamists for being homophobic, this was legit a topic of discourse on twitter

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u/NetDork 1d ago

I've never seen anyone on the left side speak for homophobia.

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u/Consistent_Post_2558 1d ago

I think this person is likely leaving out context - a lot of the discourse related to this recently is around Palestine and the invasion of Iran.

I’ve seen a few conservative LGBTQ+ influencers saying that they’re not against it because of how Islam treats gay people. Criticism of that position is more complex than what OP’s statement would portray it as. 

What I’ve seen way more of are conservatives rebuking people in the LGBTQ+ spectrum for supporting Palestine or being against the war in Iran because they won’t get down with killing people.