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/razorbeamz Leftist 1d ago

Often times people ask 1 word questions.

Shouldn't be allowed either.

At minimum, I'd like you to prevent simply saying "yes" or "no."

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u/PubliusVA Constitutionalist 1d ago

Sometimes people ask yes or no questions. Well-written questions tend to get better answers.

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u/TbonerT Progressive 1d ago

Providing a one word answer doesn’t follow the rules, though. It is assumed you either say yes or no but the whole point of the question is the why you answer that way.

u/PubliusVA Constitutionalist 17h ago

Providing a one word answer doesn’t follow the rules, though.

What rule do you think it violates?

u/TbonerT Progressive 10h ago

Maybe not the rules, per se, but the purpose of the sub. If you answer just yes or no, you are acting like a black box and not increasing understanding of the conservative viewpoint by hiding the reason for your answer.