Being a conservative on this board...

Whoo boy, do I ever get yelled at a lot.

Sure seems funny that we're all in the minority, doesn't it?

Nah, I don't think we're really the minority. I think that when we go to a thread and see that one of our conservative buddies is holding their own pretty well, some of the time, we just observe. At least I hope so, because I've involved with a lot of threads where mine is the only conservative opinion debating, while little messages pop up saying "I agree with JJ" or whoever. But then they disappear never to engauge in the debate. However, on other threads, they do the debating.

Can't say I really just watch, though. I tend to be a little...erm...out spoken, and as a result I get flamed a lot Wouldn't give it up for the world!

Heh, then again, maybe we are the minority...The "closet" liberals thread has had 43 replies, this one's only got 2, both mine Looks like we're going to have to be louder and more boisterous!

Nah, louder only seems brash. Smarter debating can make us seem like more than we are.

3 good and researched posters can whoop the # out of 30 emotionally driven slack asses

This is true. I've seen a lot (read: all) of the debates in this forum degenerate into fifteen leftists yelling maniacally at one or two rightists.

Never mind the fact that they were proven wrong eight posts ago, either.

Originally posted by KrazyJethro
Nah, louder only seems brash. Smarter debating can make us seem like more than we are.

3 good and researched posters can whoop the # out of 30 emotionally driven slack asses

I know what you mean, I was in a one against all when I got to ATS. Though sadly, there has been hardly any articulate, sensible and validly researched conservative posters on subjects of politics/terror/economics.