SJWs are making me more conservative.

SJWs are making me more conservative.

What do you mean by conservative? I hope you aren't conflating all of the right as conservativism.

I am pro-socialism

When it comes to social issues, I have almost the same beliefs of most SJWs

Just curious why you aren't one then.

I would refuse to read anything from Fox News, categorizing all conservative thought as dishonest and malicious

Sorry but that was a bit closeminded. It shouldn't' be hard to realize that most rightwingers are genuine and well-meaning.

we have “May Day” where the anarchists march on downtown protesting “the system” and smash up local businesses—We have the “15 NOW!” movement, which is always personified by a PoC shouting into a megaphone (rather than pictures of laborers or something relevant), who argue that we should nearly double the minimum wage because “megacorps can afford it”, never mind the small businesses that could never afford that.

Doesn't sound very socialist to me, tsk tsk.

I get called out on my political incorrectness

How can you be a modern radical leftists and not be in favour of political correctness? I mean I'm on the right so I'm against political correctness, but why wouldn't you support the ideas of your own side?

I have people who are fighting for the same causes I have accusing me of “hating all women” because I disagreed with certain interpretations of the wage gap—accusing me of transphobia because I believe that transsexuality is a mental illness (ergo, not something to judge someone over). I have been told that because I am a white male with a college education working in I.T. that I should be ashamed of myself

We so need people like you to join the right. It wouldn't take that much.

If one year ago you told me that I would ironically spend 3 solid hours on Breitbart.com, I wouldn’t have believed you. Then GamerGate happened and I discovered Milo Yiannopoulos, and for once, I saw an advocate for the “other side” that said exactly what I was thinking.

Yeah must be strange seeing the bad side supporting gamers being good, while the so called good side is acting bad, so to speak. Its almost as if the libertarian right were the good guys all along...ahem sorry, tongue slipped there.

You’re also giving the far-right tons of fodder for defaming rational liberal voices.

One can't assume that modern liberal voices are as a rule rational voices, and that those who aren't modern liberals, are not rational.

You’re damaging the social progress of the groups you claim to represent.

The left was never really on the side of 'progress' whatever thats supposed to be anyway.

I do still consider myself to be extremely liberal

I, and other libertarians, are very liberal, but more in a 'live and let live' way rather than a 'we need to evolve society to a higher state of being' way.

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