What do conservatives talk about?

[Ohiogal]

I am sorta new to DU, lately, and I can't help but notice the wide variety of subjects that all of you enjoy and are passionate about.... Books, movies, nature, music, cooking, science, photography ........

That got me to wondering, what do right wing conservatives talk about? If they're all like Donnie, they don't read books. They think education is only for "liberal elites." They consider Hollywood full of "liberal loons", so they probably don't watch movies. I can't picture Donnie sitting through a play or a concert. They don't seem to value nature much, or appreciate our beautiful planet. They dismiss scientific facts as "fake news". So, I got to wondering, what the heck do they talk about when they're together? The weather? The stock market? Anyone have any ideas???

[Dirty Socialist]

1. I bet they talk about guns

A LOT
Hello from Dayton

[Ohiogal]

5. Hi back atcha from Trumbull County (Hubbard area)

Does Rob Portman own a restaurant in your town? I heard he does.

[Dirty Socialist]

22. He owns the Golden Lamb restaurant in Lebanon

It's a famous landmark 15 miles south of here. I rarely go there.

[Ohiogal]

25. Thanks.

[Alice11111]

14. Yeah, that was half of the talk when we were in Alaska.

They love their guns AND their pot. Of course, drill baby, drill.

[raccoon]

90. Guns and pot. Not together, I hope. Nt

[Alice11111]

97. 'Fraid so. It is a beautiful, wild place, but many of the people

are as conservative as they come. There are pockets of liberals too, but given that oil and the 2nd Amend BS is so big, they are outnumbeted.

[madinmaryland]

51. Hey neighbor!

Live just south of you in Kettering! Lots of gun fetishers here.

[Dirty Socialist]

80. I live almost in Kettering

In Washington Township. My daughters used to go to St. Albert's

[theaocp]

2. How much they hate non-white people. n/t

[Ohiogal]

6. I do think that's a popular theme, I have relatives who do that

[Alice11111]

18. Lots of thinly veiled jokes. What brothers me the most is

that their kids hear this stuff.
Also, they talk taxes, and they make Obama and Hillary jokes.

They talk about how they are being robbed to support the lazy people on welfare, who are all faking any need of course.

They talk sbout the grave robbers who want to steal their money after they die...death, estate taxes.

Football, hunting, what kind of guns they have, the best private schools, refugee terrorists....

[bettyellen]

27. Eating shopping football up here. I got _____. I ate ____. Nothing more complex than their own

boring shit.

[Alice11111]

32. Yeah, lots of buy, buy and show and tell about the best.

[bettyellen]

33. Yep, and support the troops and OMg cities are dangerous, thank god I have the mall and cable tv.

[Alice11111]

45. Lots of, "support the troops," as if they are the only ones who do.

Yeah, think about those poor guys and gals who are trying to defend the world from terrorists after the Repubs got us into these now out of control wars.

[Sophia4]

74. They should see the many immigrant boys lining up for ROTC in my

neighborhood. They have no idea where our military recruits come from.

When we have a neighborhood event in my very, very blue area of Los Angeles, there is usually a table for the high school ROTC recruits. Little do the smug Republicans know.

[Alice11111]

75. I don't see many wealthy rich Repubs sending their sons &

daughters. Bone spurs. No shows to the National Gaurd.
Makes me weep for the true Americans.

I have a cousin who married a Palestinian, former Marine. He is a proud Muslim and they have two children. He does well, in film industry now. His wife had a meltdown with the Repub side of the family after Charlottesville. She lives in fear for her children.

[Ohiogal]

31. Well, you know what they say....

You have to be taught hate and bigotry. Really sad, isn't it?

[Alice11111]

34. They are teaching it...I fear a new generation of neocon,

crass materialists, who have no sensitivity to anyone but their families.

Of course, we are teaching ours too...good values. Hopefully, there are more of us than them.

[Sophia4]

3. I think they like to talk about the "deep state" a lot, whatever that means.

I have no idea what a "deep state" really is, but the term comes up a lot.

They talk about Jesus and abortion and government regulation (although they really don't know how much their health and well being depends on government regulation).

That's my impression.

[Alice11111]

47. Yes,it took me a long time to figure out WTF is the deep state.

It sounds like the dark web. Turns out, they mean "intelligence," I think.
What an irony. These "intelligent" people handicapped
our security.

It's sort of like voter fraud.
They just make stuff up and their paranoid, uninformed lemmings jump off the cliff.

[Sophia4]

72. Republicans sponsored the Homeland Security Act and earlier, during the

Eisenhower era, other legislation that set up all these secret agencies.

And now the rank and file criticizes it and complains about it.

Very odd.

[Alice11111]

73. Yeah, cuz it exposed their traitorous arses.

[airplaneman]

84. You know the deep state is them and they. n/t.

[malaise]

4. There are no conservatives left

ReTHUGs talk about looting government and enriching themselves.
They talk about devising methods to destroy the social good and deprive others of healthcare, social security and other important societal benefits.

To be kind they are all Con men and women.

[hurl]

7. They're outrage junkies

They go on about what Rush and others are saying, complain of liberal media bias, how corrupt Democrats are, and lots of whining about how they are victims.

[Alice11111]

50. Great description!

[MustLoveBeagles]

57. This

[easttexaslefty]

8. Guns & god

Oh, and money

[Ohiogal]

11. Complain about being taxed to death?

[Mariana]

71. They tend to vastly overestimate how much they pay

especially when it comes to Federal Income Tax. Most of them don't understand concepts like marginal rates or taxable income vs. gross income. If they're in the 28% bracket, they believe they're paying 28% income tax on every dollar of income.

[marylandblue]

9. I have conservative friends and relatives

In their daily lives, they have the same range of interests you see here, but tend more to trucks and guns and less to nature. Politically and intellectually, they are more likely to follow their own intuitions or propaganda sources, rather than to think about things based on evidence or experts. They are more likely to believe that they are smarter than they really are, but this doesn't apply to all of them.

[Ohiogal]

15. I do think you are right

but they tend to see the world in "black and white", and I mean extremes. It's all one way or the other - no gray areas.

For example, the only reason anyone would need Medicaid is because they're a lazy mooch, period.

[marylandblue]

20. Yes I do see more black and white thinking among them

America and Israel are always good and Iran is always bad. Anybody who doesn't agree is anti-American or an anti-semite.

[lpbk2713]

10. Welfare moms driving their Caddies to go buy booze with food stamps.

It doesn't happen but that doesn't keep them from talking about it.

[Alice11111]

19. Yep!!!

[Arkansas Granny]

46. Or spending every penny on booze, women and movies.

[Skittles]

12. themselves

[DBoon]

68. How good they are at the stock market

how much money they have, all the status goods they buy with that money and why that makes them better than everyone else around them

They don't own a car, they own a BMW, and do not hesitate to remind you of that

[Va Lefty]

13. Quoting from Bob Roberts

They'll complain and complain and complain.

[Ohiogal]

17. What do they have to complain about,

... they got "their guy" in the Oval Office, and control of Congress, too!

[Va Lefty]

37. absolutely nothing, but faux news tells them otherwise

[Alice11111]

52. It is so TRUE!

[thbobby]

16. I am from small town in North Texas

They talk about guns (with an almost sensual demeanor).

How minorities are ruining America (in slur specific terminology).
How Democrats should just "get over it" and let Trump make America great again.
The evils of gay people.
Whatever conspiracy fox is currently peddling.

Trying to have an intelligent conversation is difficult. And many of these people are intelligent. I usually just ask about their family, talk about the weather, why the Cowboy are losing, etc.

Read any good books lately usually elicits a blank stare.

[Alice11111]

21. I grew up, partly, in Texas.I still have relatives there.The best

have died off. The rest have morphed into neocons, who, as you said, may be intelligent, but not as much as they think they are.
Isolated, Fox News.

[Different Drummer]

23. I'm from a small town in Northeast Georgia and, when the conservatives I know...

get together to talk, they end up marveling at how Fox News seems to always be right about everything they say.

[rainin]

24. My mom just watched some film about Clinton Cash

by Peter Sweitzer. She's talking about that and basically whatever the outrage is on Fox that day. Fox tells her what to think and her friends all watch the same shows so they have lots to talk about.

[Ohiogal]

29. Too bad Reagan

killed the Fairness Doctrine, eh?

[rainin]

41. Democrats need to make restoring truth in media a priority.

Liars win the propaganda war because it's easier to sell a story when you can make it up.

[Alice11111]

38. ...just like it does our dumbass Prez. We have given my mom

so much shit about Fox, that she keeps the TV set to the Animal Planet, at least while we are around.
She talks about lions a lot now.

[old guy]

26. The Rapture and how to figure out how to take their goodies with them.

[madinmaryland]

28. Guns, God, and Gays.

BTW, welcome to DU. I moved to SW Ohio about four years ago. Quite the awakening.

[Ohiogal]

30. Thank You

I laugh when I hear pundits say that Ohio is a purple state -- I think we're about as red as can be.

[madinmaryland]

35. Yeah. Columbus, Cleveland, and somewhat Cincinnati keep this state

from going bright red. With most of the union population decimated, it has gotten much more red.

[marylandblue]

40. This is true across the country

It isn't red state/blue state it's urban/rural. New York is only a deep blue state because of the New York City metro area. Otherwise it would look more like Ohio.

[madinmaryland]

49. Agree with you on that. Pennsylvania is the same way, as are most east coast states.

Maryland in the western part of the state is a noted Klan area, and the eastern shore elected Harris who is a teabagger.

[underpants]

56. Pennsyltucky

As I've heard natives of those areas call it.

[tenderfoot]

36. They talk about how to properly troll DU

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[Kingofalldems]

66. Whoa!

[irisblue]

67. Yeah this thread made it there.

[mitch96]

39. I have two very conservative friends

I mean LONG time friends.. One since I was 5 and the other since I was 16. Both are rabid Fox noise viewers. Both are gun nuts but one is a AR-15 guy and the other shoots trap and skeet with occasional hunting thrown in. One is wealthy and one is lower middle class. Ironically we don't talk politics much b/c it causes problems and we still want to be friends... As most have stated taxes and immigration is big on their list and as some have pointed out what ever fox is pushing that day is high on their list... I think it's funny about the immigration thing as all of us friends are second generation born from immigrant parents... We mostly talk cars,motorcycles,planes,building stuff, radio etc. No politics, religion or sports as that tends to be divisive... It works for us... Although I must admit sometimes my conservative friends have to make a comment every once and a while. My wealthy friend made a comment about how much money we were all gonna get back and I had to call him on it... Then it quiets down... He had his "let them eat cake" moment..
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[Ohiogal]

43. Sometimes it's best

to stick to neutral subjects, like you say. Sports, hobbies, etc.

I know someone who often complains that he will be working till he dies "because the "takers" need my tax money to pay for all their "free stuff". I never know how to reply to that. Maybe say that the corporations are much bigger takers of free stuff than poor folks? But then I don't want to encourage a discussion.

Other family members, when we get together always talk about what they just bought or where they just went on vacation or what restaurant they ate at. Boring stuff like that.

[mitch96]

48. neutral subjects, like you say. Sports

I think sports elicits A LOT of arguing... Sometimes I think these self proclaimed "sports guys" just like to argue and not talk sports.
I like to go to a local sports bar for the chicken wings. Sometimes these guys get so hot into arguing that the bartender has to send them outside!!! ?? time out ??
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[Alice11111]

58. I hear the word "takers" a lot too. Private schools, their kids

attend the best, of course, as proven by how much they pay. Then, there are sighs about sacrifices.

[KT2000]

42. they repeat the RW meme of the day

what they heard on FOX, Brietbart, etc. The meme is about hate, anger and resentment so they exchange hate, anger and resentment with each other. It is an adrenaline fix that they are addicted to.

[Alice11111]

59. Truly! Then, they go to bible study.

[Ohiogal]

60. LOL

[KT2000]

88. the ones I know do just that

One guy told me the pastor is trying to get people to stop such talk during bible study! Bet it's not working.

[raccoon]

91. Good for the pastor.

I have given up on Baptist and Methodist churches in my area because of too much right wing conservative Republican talk. Some here on DU seem to be surprised that Methodist talk about that but they sure as hell do in my area.

[Alice11111]

99. "We welcome our Muslim Friends," was the banner

on a Methodist Church, when I attended a funeral in Austin, Texas. We have had the same here, but I'm in a blue state and deep blue country.

I'm still a Methodist at heart, but not by attendance.

My bro is practically evangelical, and he and his family recently joined a Methodist Church in West Texas, but it may have to do with it being the center of his high end neighborhood and friends. I was surprised.

[Alice11111]

98. OM GOD!

[Bob Loblaw]

44. Their victimization

nt

[democratisphere]

53. They talk about their extreme hatred for liberals, Democrats or anyone else

that opposes them. Many are racists and hate anyone that is not white. They talk about their own needs and wants but don't care about anyone elses. Many are just plain evil.

[Corvo Bianco]

54. I worked closely with these folks for years. You're spot on!

It's primarily the market, weather, and taxes. Occasionally I could count on their racist pulling of a bank alarm, "can't stand her smile" remarks sprinkled with their assessment of the last avengers movie they took their kids/grandkids to.

[kairos12]

55. Hillary's emails and Benghazi. Still.

[Alice11111]

62. Fox keeps that fresh. Everytime Trump does something

Stupid that the world media is covering, I flip over to see if Fox is covering it. There is Tucker or Hannity carrying on about the emails, the new FBI investigation about Hillary, and now Obama, and absolutely no coverage of what the world thinks about Dotard.

How will we ever convince them to change when they don't have a clue what is really going on?
Most of us don't stir up issues when we see them for the holidays.

[ornotna]

61. A wide variety of subjects as seen below.

[samnsara]

63. ...the church raffle..the church bazaar...the ugly waitress at the diner (but you'd do her anyway).

...how the teachers are 'not doing their job and teaching all that 'libril' stuff ( like math and science)....the cost of hay....the cost of corn....the cost of beer ( and how its Obummers fault the cost rose a nickle)....the cost of bull sperm...the new family who drives 'one of them hy-breeds'...wondering when Hillary will be arrested...how they wouldn't mind giving that new Sunday school teacher 'a little squeeze'...Bless her heart!

[Motley13]

64. God, guns & where to buy tikie torches

[longship]

65. What an awesome post!!!

It's a good question.

I'll tell you what I think they discuss:
* How Trump is just like the second coming of Jesus.
* How wonderful a president Trump is, the best ever.
* How Hillary should get 100 years in the electric chair.
* How LGBTQ/Mexicans/Muslims/coloreds should be banned from the USA.
* How the Democrat Party (the way they term it) should be outlawed.
* How science is bad, bad, bad, bad, BAD!

In short, they are delusional. And ignorant!

[Runningdawg]

69. Here in the buckle of the Bible belt

Personhood legislation - they want to force women to carry to term and jail them for negligent homicide if they miscarry. Unless of course you are on public assistance of any kind, then they want to sterilize you.
The coming wrath of God, purge of the gene pool and "returning" America to a Christian Nation aka Theocracy.
Schools <gasp> science classes...liberal indoctrination!
Disparaging people who work minimum wage jobs. It's not a REAL job unless you make over 250K a year or own the business.
Of course the top 3 are still guns, racist jokes and HS football.
Rounding out the top 10 - the price of oil, cattle and a hunting lease.

[Alice11111]

76. Sounds familiar, where some of my family live. Racists jokes,

and if I confront them, they swear they aren't racist and I am a leftist without a sense of humor.

They all disgust me.

I got in my mother's face and called her a Goddamn Racist at Thanksgiving. I've never, well, rarely, disrespected her before. It just came out. I started screaming it. She is very old, ill. It is time for me to quit going to family events. There is too much hostility, from both sides.

[Blue_true]

70. Likely their total love of guns of all type and their hatred of a diverse society. nt

[Alice11111]

77. They are very threatened by diversity. The guns give them

Comfort. The world will leave them behind, I hope.

[Blue_true]

83. The world will leave them behind, every piece of history says that is going to happen. nt

[Alice11111]

101. I think so, but how much damage in between. They

are teaching their children. We have to reeducate them.
There is hope. I was raised in a racist town, and the schools were integrated when I was in Jr High. I and many of my friends are liberal, even socialist, so there is hope to wipe out the bigoted, immoral, thieves.

[CanonRay]

78. Their portfolios

[treestar]

79. Gossip

About people they know. Things they buy and where to get them.

[Cary]

81. They barf up whatever their cult leaders feed them

[Ferrets are Cool]

82. How much they hate tree huggin libruls like me. nt

[airplaneman]

85. Try going to the dumpster

Its a conservative site dedicated to putting down Democratic Underground.
I did not believe it until I checked it out myself.

https://conservativecave.com/cave/index.php?board=10.0

-Airplane

[KY_EnviroGuy]

86. I mainly hear arrogant self-righteousness and the word "they" a lot.

Throwing of shade on anything not perfectly like them. Black and white "for us or against us" thinking. Hypocrisy abounds.

Welcome to DU, Ohiogal! .............

Prior to retiring, I worked many a service job in your state and got my fill of Repugs there.

[Ohiogal]

87. Thank you KY

Sorry about our state's repugs. They're like horse poo .... That is, to say, they're everywhere!

[doodsaq]

89. Military history, guns, football

Not much else. I have one in my family and I just tune out.

[Codeine]

95. Its amusing that

when my group of friends gather - all of us lefty to the core - military history is one of our main discussion topics. I’ve never considered it a terribly conservative interest.

[HAB911]

92. Guns and Bibles

[oberliner]

93. Same things liberals talk about

Just from a different perspective.

[Codeine]

94. Same crap we talk about, mostly.

Their kids. Favorite sports teams. Movies and what they just binge-watched on Netflix. Pets. Video games.

They probably don’t talk about books and art a lot, not because they’re conservative but rather because almost NOBODY talks about books and art much anymore. I’m a reader, but many of my friends and family are not, irrespective of political leanings.

Without doubt they occasionally bring up politics and the outrage of the day, but mostly people weary of talking politics with friends and family.

They aren’t aliens — they’re just wrong about everything.

[librechik]

96. who has more stuff, who has better stuff, how they stuck it to this or that annoying person

then they compare the sizes of their guns. Then talk about how they are better than everyone else.

[Kimchijeon]

100. Sample from some I know personally:

Nazi/Hitler collectibles
Flipping houses with the skill of a 9 year old
"My rich uncles fabulous property he was so smart etc"
Tales of how great and rich he'll be (while living off Mommy and Daddy, who fund his failing 'business')
Buying what he thinks look like "fancy/rich" (gaudy/shite) antiques at auction. Hoarding said treasures as no one will buy the shit.
Tales of how clever he is

It actually is hilarious.

[bluecollar2]

102. God, Guns and Gays

The three G's.

After almost 30 years in a Red State I have these guys down pat...

Sometimes they talk about fishing too...

But mostly it's God and Guns and Gay issues.