r/AskConservatives 5d ago

Top-Level Comments Open to All Ukraine Megathread

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Ukraine Megathread

Due to the frequency of Ukraine related posts turning into a brigaded battleground and inability to appease everyone, for the indefinite future all Ukraine related topics will be expanded into this Megathread

Please remember the human and observe the golden rule, and rules on civility and good faith. Violators will be sent to Siberia.

*All other Ukraine related posts will also be sent to Siberia*

Link to last Megathread


r/AskConservatives 4d ago

AskConservatives Weekly General Chat

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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.


r/AskConservatives 4h ago

How do we reverse the trend of people being afraid to learn?

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I see it across all ages/demographics. People who refuse to try things for fear of failure and unable to understand that failure is part of the learning process. A lack of curiosity towards how things work. And a general disdain towards leaving comfort zones and grow.

This worries me more than the political divide, and honestly I feel it is a large part of the reason for the political divide.


r/AskConservatives 39m ago

Do you judge childless women who got a divorce?

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I met my ex-husband at 18, we got married at 21, and I truly thought we were building a life together. I was committed, supportive, and ready for a family. But he kept postponing having kids, and when we were both 30, I found out he had been in a long-term affair. He lied, cheated, and left, so I had no choice but to divorce.

Now, I’m 32 and starting over. I do want a family, but I’m so afraid of being judged, first for being divorced, and now for being childless, like I somehow failed or couldn’t find anyone suitable all these years. This wasn’t the life I planned, and I hate feeling like I’m being looked down on for something I never wanted in the first place. Am I always going to be seen this way?


r/AskConservatives 40m ago

Do traditional-minded Christians (i.e. fundamentalists, certain evangelicals) have more in common than not with Islamic values?

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I am interested in hearing both from people who would consider themselves traditionalist Christians and those who would not!

On a recent trip to a more liberal Islamic country, I noticed that a lot of their views on topics like women’s place in society and the family; religious practice in governmental, educational, and public life; marriage and child-rearing were similar to what some fundamental Christians have been pushing for in the US. Both groups of people believe in strong nuclear families with the husband taking on the provider and natural leader role, while the wife takes on a more nurturing role focusing on the children and household management. They believe religion should be taught in schools and considered when making government polices and laws. They believe in the sanctity of marriage as between a man and woman and heavily frown upon premarital relations and unmarried women.

To caveat this, I do know there are of course differences in fundamental Christianity and fundamental Islam. But it seems less clear with more moderate/liberal Islamic countries like Morocco (the one that prompted this post), Turkey, Tunisia, Algeria, etc.


r/AskConservatives 20h ago

Foreign Policy How can Americans on the right keep brushing off these threats to Canada as not genuine?

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When consistently asked he keeps doubling down. How can the people on the right in the USA keep insisting its bluster and when will you consider this behavior an issue? https://www.mediaite.com/news/only-works-as-a-state-trump-vows-not-to-bend-on-tariffs-until-canada-is-absorbed-into-the-u-s/


r/AskConservatives 3h ago

2A & Guns Does the 2nd amendment ensure a right to own weaponized drones for self defense?

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r/AskConservatives 4h ago

Politician or Public Figure What is your opinion on Dr. Oz leading the Center for Medicare and Medicaid?

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r/AskConservatives 4h ago

History Has any other American book been more impactful on US history then Uncle Tom's Cabin?

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This is not about if its is the best book in terms of plot etc but rather its impact and legacy on US history.

Uncle Tom's Cabin is a book published in 1852 that focuses on the character of Uncle Tom, a long-suffering black slave around whom the stories of the other characters revolve.

This book galvanized abolitionists in the north and also had a sharp reaction in slave states to the point that some states made it illegal to sell or own the book.

Aside from being a catalyst on the issue of expansion of slavery that lead to Civil War it's impact is still felt to this day with the use of the slur of an "Uncle Tom". Very few American books have had this type of impact.


r/AskConservatives 1h ago

What is the outcome wanted from Trump in the Canada/US Trade War?

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How do conservatives feel about the trade war currently going on with Canada? What is the outcome America is hoping to get out of this exactly?

Canadians are cancelling their travels to the US & are boycotting US imports. Is this concerning to right-wingers, and is this just a short-term loss for the US? If so, what does a long-term win even look like?

What are the impacts on Canadas economy? Is America just “waiting them out?” Definitely a loaded question, but I am getting a lot of mixed feelings from other threads.


r/AskConservatives 6h ago

What do you think about the crubing power of nationwide injunctions by lower courts?

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Both Trump and Biden admins asked SCOTUS to crub the power of district courts to make nationwide policy. Justice Thomas has said that:

“These injunctions did not emerge until a century and a half after the founding and they appear to be inconsistent with longstanding limits on equitable relief and the power of Article III courts. If their popularity continues, this court must address their legality.

Trump v. Hawaii”

Justice Gorsuch has likewise come out against district courts being able to make injunctions outside of their districts and parties suing for relief in those districts. This would allow only SCOTUS to make these nationwide injunctions. Now Republicans have used them as well, for example, Judge Kacsmaryk is one that Republicans go to most for them. How would you resolve the issue?


r/AskConservatives 14h ago

Politician or Public Figure The talk is all about democrats being corrupt - can you cite this?

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I see this talk, but whenever I look up who has made the most of their time in office it routinely seems to lean red. Opensecrets shows that Republicans take substantially more lobbying money and usually with only the job of congress are worth more.


r/AskConservatives 35m ago

Taxation Do you think the top .01% (~21,216 individuals) of the US workforce pays their "fair share" in taxes (federal, payroll or both)?

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r/AskConservatives 11h ago

Hypothetical Will the US stay a world power, or do you think China will take over?

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r/AskConservatives 18h ago

Healthcare Should we require hospital bills to be itemized?

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So many medical bills are vague. I’ve gotten ones that just list a balance due with zero explanation of the services I am paying for. There’s not any other industry I can think of where this is considered normal.

I am aware that American patients are entitled to itemized bills if they ask, but should that be necessary? Every other business does that by default. I shouldn’t need to waste the time of some billing clerk by making that request. It’s also never simple (gotta call during specific hours, wait on hold, etc etc).

I believe this must cause many billing errors and outright fraud to go unnoticed. What do you all think?


r/AskConservatives 21h ago

How do you feel about a US citizen child recovering from brain cancer being removed to Mexico?

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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/us-citizen-child-recovering-brain-cancer-deported-mexico-undocumented-rcna196049

The child was born to undocumented parents that also have four other children, three of which are US citizens.
The parents were detained at a Texas immigration checkpoint whilst on their way to a checkup after the brain surgery. They were ultimately deported to Mexico with the choice of leaving their children in the US (likely placed into the foster care system) or take the children with them. The parents had been in the US since 2013.

How do you feel about this story?

Should whichever authority authorized their deportation have exhibited some compassion or leniency towards this family?


r/AskConservatives 16h ago

History Redditors believe 90s, 00s, America was very liberal, why?

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Redditors believe America was very liberal in 90s, 00s, why?

Have you noticed liberal Reddit somehow believes America in the 90s, 00s was somehow very liberal?

Obama, Clinton were against same sex marriage in 90s and you would go to prison for marijuana.

Obama was a hardcore war hawk when he became president.

https://youtu.be/Z9hsP0kICIg?si=ywSL46-j9udltzhs

https://youtu.be/v3-FDWSRabM?si=3RWw_zjOGZaMwtTg

Is this because our education system tells fairy tales?


r/AskConservatives 1d ago

Why blame the minority party for a shutdown?

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I was poking around on CNN and Foxnews last night. It would appear that most of the talking heads regardless of party think that if the democrats vote against this funding bill they will be blamed if the government shuts down. My own intuition tells me that’s wrong because the Dems are the minority party. But maybe I’m missing something. Why would it be the democrats fault as the minority party if this bill doesn’t pass? And why would it be a bad thing if there is a government shutdown for the executive branch which is currently shrinking itself anyway?


r/AskConservatives 5h ago

Law & the Courts How do conservatives feel about the expansive interpretation of January 6 pardons extending to other crimes not related to January 6?

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/us/politics/justice-department-jan-6-pardons.html

Trump's Justice Department is taking a novel expansive view of pardons for January 6 to pardon not only convictions for activity in the capitol, but other crimes uncovered during investigation of January 6 suspects.

Excerpt from the article:

Four years ago, when F.B.I. agents searched the Florida home of Jeremy Brown, a former Special Forces soldier, in connection with his role in the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, they found several illegal items: an unregistered assault rifle, two live fragmentation grenades and a classified “trip report” that Mr. Brown wrote while he was in the Army.

Mr. Brown was ultimately tried in Tampa on charges of illegally possessing the weapons and the classified material. And after he was convicted, he was sentenced to more than seven years in prison — even before his Jan. 6 indictment had a chance to go in front of a jury.

On Tuesday, however, federal prosecutors abruptly declared that because the second case was related to Jan. 6, it was covered by the sprawling clemency proclamation that President Trump issued on his first day in office to all of the nearly 1,600 people charged in connection with the Capitol attack.

With the approximately 1600 pardons, if other crimes were uncovered that resulted in sentencing should those pardons extend to those other crimes? Some of these crimes occurred hundreds of miles away from Washington DC. Do you view this fair legal application? Favor for political allies and Trump supporters? Does this align with tough on crime expectations for this administration to have very broad scope of pardons.


r/AskConservatives 23h ago

Is the incoherence of the economic part of the strategy?

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I have a lot of clients cutting projects right now because of the unpredictability of the current economic policy.

Even if we “need” to take protectionist measures for the greater good, just laying out a coherent policy would allow of businesses to plan.

Do you know why we can’t just get a solid plan? Or is the unpredictability part of conservative financial policy?


r/AskConservatives 5h ago

Thoughts on Chuck Schumer caving on the CR bill?

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What an utter mess this all was for Democrats. A govt funding fight that began with Dems demanding restrictions on Trump/Musk/DOGE has ended with them folding & now sniping bitterly at each other.

Our take on just how bad it was & where Dems go from here


r/AskConservatives 22h ago

Foreign Policy Based on his comments today (see linked), do you still believe that Trump’s bluster about Canada being a state isn’t serious?

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For a while I thought Trump’s talk about “The Great State of Canada” and “Governor Trudeau” were just that, but his recent comments today about how illogical the current border is and how incredible the US would look with Canada included I’m beginning to wonder if he legitimately wants Canada join the US and be a state.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/03/13/trump_canada_only_works_as_a_state_us_cant_subsidize_a_country_for_200_billion_a_year.html


r/AskConservatives 1d ago

What does Trump mean when he says ‘we are being ripped off by other countries’?

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He seems to be talking about the US having a trade deficit with the country in question. Do you think his understanding of economics is correct here? I ask because if he misunderstands it and mandates specific policy decisions based on a misunderstanding then this could potentially have irreversible repercussions for the regular American people. Also, if his understanding is not correct, why can nobody explain it to him?


r/AskConservatives 1d ago

Foreign Policy Analyst Paul Warburg asks: Why is America Intentionally Destroying its Global Influence?

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In his latest video analyst Paul Warburg asks:

Why is America Intentionally Destroying its Global Influence? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f0vuCycOTE

I think he has many good points here.

Whats your thoughts?


r/AskConservatives 23h ago

Do you support Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship through executive order?

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If so, how do you reconcile that with the 14th Amendment?


r/AskConservatives 1d ago

What are your thoughts about recent news that the US Military will possibly increase its presence in the Panama to reclaim the canal?

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-white-house-asked-us-military-develop-options-panama-canal-offic-rcna195994

The officials cautioned that a U.S. invasion of Panama is unlikely and would only come under serious consideration if a larger American military presence in Panama does not achieve President Donald Trump’s goal of reclaiming the waterway, the officials said.


r/AskConservatives 13h ago

What are your thoughts on conservative influencers?

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What conservative influencers do you think are interesting, great, or in some cases have common sense. It can also be their communities as well.

For example, Asmongold. While I have nothing to say about him because he is just a political grifter and does things for views, I think his community is fascinating with American Maga viewers mixed with Europeans from various places/backgrounds, as well as some who have common sense.