This is a community for conservatism. Every other conservative space in the Fediverse has devolved into extremism or bigotry. This will NOT be tole…

conservatism@piefed.social

This is a community for conservatism. Every other conservative space in the Fediverse has devolved into extremism or bigotry. This will NOT be tolerated. The rules are as such:

  1. No racism or ethnosupremacism.
  2. No antisemitism (including dogwhistles or using right or left politics to deny it).
  3. No misogyny (such as saying women should not vote).
  4. No queer-hatred (disagreeing with their lifestyle is not a blank cheque for vitriol or exclusion).
  5. No ableism.
  6. No ageism.
  7. No slurs.
  8. No extremism.
  9. No personal attacks or strawmen on others (ad-hominens). ARGUE IN GOOD FAITH!
  10. No spam.
  11. No flood.
  12. No trying to find loopholes in the rules.
  13. Moderator and the host instance has the final say. Follow the Terms of Service of PieFed and, even if you may disagree with them, the broader Fediverse as a whole.

Edited for accuracy.

  • InfernoWarrior@piefed.socialOPEnglish
    22·
    3 hours ago

    No. I am a conservationalist AND a conservative. Conservationalism can be a part of conservatism, which means to conserve. The principle is simple: We cannot use the land if we destroy the land and He commanded us to shepherd His world, not destroy it.

    Edited because I said conservationalism twice… lol.

    • CrocodilloBombardino@piefed.socialEnglish
      3·
      3 hours ago

      Hey, good faith reply here. Conservatism doesn’t simply mean “to conserve”: it has different, specific political meanings depending on what country or political system you’re referring to. Not only that, but plenty of political movements use labels that are more about sounding good than a truly accurate description of what they are. For example, Murray Rothbard deliberately stole the term “libertarian” (for American right-wing “libertarians”) from its original connection to anarchism and libertarian socialism.

      Also can you clarify your point about “traditional values”? As you said, different cultures and different time periods have had different traditions, so which ones are we conserving? If the answer is “any or all of them”, then isn’t that the same as “do whatever you like”? If the answer is a specific set of values, why those? That’s not meant to be a gotcha, I’m legit interested in where you’re coming from.

      Thank you for explicitly banning nazis, fascists, and similar groups, along with other forms of bigotry. They are a plague on us all and have no place in any political camp.