Anyway, know there is a lot of hate for conservative/ Christian views around here, so any TIPS on where to find a ‘safe space’ to be me & express my self, and how to limit/block toxicity would be appreciated.

People don’t care about religion here like they do (did?) on Reddit. Some dweebs might get worked up, but it’s far more chill here.

People here are often wary of conservatism though because it’s an inherently reactionary ideology that seeks power by attacking targeted populations; that’s what upsets people, and the fediverse is full of those who have been targeted by such campaigns.

Almost nobody will care that you’re Christian, but nearly everyone will be upset if you antagonize trans people. If your faith is about personal improvement, that’s chill. If it’s about controlling people whose lifestyle you hate, then this isn’t the place.

Seem peoples presumptions about the terms conservatism & Christian are all over the place. Getting thrown in the "97% correlation between being a Nazi trash person and being a “conservative Christian” is trying.

I’d say it’s far more about the conservative descriptor than the Christian one.

Personally, I’d much rather have a Christian friend who aligned with my values of celebrating diversity, defending personal liberty, and making the economy work for everyone instead of a select few over an atheist who constantly cries about “wokeness” and “cancel culture.”

People who identify as conservative Christians are frequently white nationalists who are more concerned with which genitals are in what bathroom or kicking brown people out of the country than preventing people from freezing to death on the street. If that’s not you, wonderful; but at least in the US you are indeed a rare breed.

I’m curious: what value does conservatism as a concept hold for you?

I look at conservatism as a concept that preserves the experiments that worked, and a necessary counterbalance to progressivism. Obviously, the ideal is a balance between them.

As an example, I think the separation of genders in such things as changing rooms, sports, & jails are all valuable traditions learn by hard lessons of those you come before us, and that we throw those out at are own peril. Basically conservatism = traditionalism in my mind. Who are we to be so bold as to think we are smarter than those you came before us? Or that the ‘old rules no longer apply to our lives’?

I look at conservatism as a concept that preserves the experiments that worked

Basically conservatism = traditionalism in my mind.

That’s a progressive perspective on conservatism, and expressing it as such places you further Left than most Democrats in office.

America’s self-described “Conservatives” are mostly christian nationalists who don’t seek to conserve key American traditions like multiculturalism, but rather to impose their moral ideals on those who they see as “degenerates” in society and would gladly cut off their noses if it would spite the faces of those they see as “other”.

This is obvious when you consider that “Conservatives” are more offended that trans people like myself might use a public restroom than the fact that ICE is running concentration camps and separating families from their children.

Actually Conservative Christians are anti-Capitalists that care most about serving the needy and destitute and look down on the wealthy for their lack of charity. The self-proclaimed christians who voted a pedophile into office do not seek to conserve tradition, merely to preserve their own social status.

Seems people have a different idea on the meaning of the terms then I do. It’s interesting, because, by definition, I am inspiring Christian & and nationalist. And yes, I think the government must regulate morality, aka the “impose their moral ideals on those who they see as “degenerates” in society” part. Why not make rape, incest, theft, murder, domestic abuse, human sacrifices, etc, legal? Because that immoral & would degrade society!

Actually Conservative Christians are anti-Capitalists that care most about serving the needy and destitute and look down on the wealthy for their lack of charity.

I’m inspiring to this ideal more, but, don’t see capitalism of inherently evil, like a gun or a drug.

This is obvious when you consider that “Conservatives” are more offended that trans people like myself might use a public restroom than the fact that ICE is running concentration camps and separating families from their children.

I believe you not making a good faith statement there, and instead trying to straw man the perspective you disagree with because your emotional about this and stereotyping people is the easy way out of self reflection. Why the statement is more or less true, I think your heart posture is one of anger, rather than empathy. (I know that’s a very judgy statement, and it could be wrong.)