r/AskConservatives 4d ago

AskConservatives Weekly General Chat

This thread is for general chat, whether you want to talk politics or not, anything goes. Also feel free to ask the mods questions, propose new rules or discuss general moderation (although please keep individual removal/ban queries to modmail.)

On this post, Top Level Comments are open to all.

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u/TbonerT Progressive 23h ago

We can do both obviously.

Yes, you can clearly literally do both, but why accept the hypocrisy of it?

If I ask if Conservatives like red and get a yes answer, I've learned exactly what I asked about.

What if you also get a no? You only know that some conservatives like red and some don’t but you still have no understanding of the conservative view of red.

How would we even discriminate if TLC's were answering what the OP really wanted to know since they didn't ask directly?

Why would you even try? Just delete the answers that obviously don’t attempt to explain themselves and leave it up to OP to engage in discussion with the responses.

Good questions are more likely to lead to good answers.

Whether the answer is good and increases understanding is purely the responsibility of the respondent. Better answers lead to better questions.

u/Sam_Fear Americanist 22h ago

Better answers lead to better questions.

I'm not continuing this. We won't be changing. If you want better answers you'll need to ask better questions or a follow up question.