r/AskConservatives • • 1d ago

AskConservatives Weekly General Chat

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This thread is for general chat, whether you want to talk politics or not, anything goes. Also feel free to ask the mods questions, propose new rules or discuss general moderation (although please keep individual removal/ban queries to modmail.)

On this post, Top Level Comments are open to all.


r/AskConservatives • • 7h ago

Politician or Public Figure Do you think the term “artificial intelligence” should be banned?

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“When will The Wall Street Journal start calling Artificial Intelligence (AI), a very bad and inaccurate name, SI (Super Intelligence), the name which virtually everyone else is using, or soon will be. In short order, we will be officially BANNING the term, “AI/Artificial ⁠Intelligence,” in all relevant documents, and everything else, ⁠due to its inaccuracy.”

- Donald Trump

https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-says-he-will-ban-term-artificial-intelligence-2026-10-27/

https://www.thenationalnews.com/future/technology/2026/10/27/trump-ai-si-bans/


r/AskConservatives • • 17h ago

Are any of you planning on voting Democrat in the mid terms? Or do you think voting Blue is irreconcilable with being conservative?

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I made a post during the last election asking if anyone was going to vote for Harris from a conservative standpoint. I got a lot of push back but at this point I personally feel pretty vindicated

From a fiscal perspective Trump 2.0 has been one trainwreck after another with zero long term strategy. On a global stage we're rejecting our allies and embracing our historic enemies, while they supply our other enemies we're at war with. The social "conservatives" are at best agnostic about our press secretary being the author of the song titled "Stupid Hoe".

I don't have anything nice to say about the Left or the Democrats, I'm not voting for them because I agree with them on anything. I'm voting for them because that seems the only way to slow down this madness


r/AskConservatives • • 15h ago

Thoughts on Flavio Bolsonaro's alleged "fleeing" from Brazil after being ordered to turn in his passport?

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r/AskConservatives • • 13h ago

What do you make of this recent quote from Sen. Tillis?

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Tom Tillis's new book just dropped. In it he says

The funny thing about trifectas in Washington is that the winning party always reads it as a mandate. Then, two years later, they realized that the voters simply gave them a chance to govern after the other guys f****d it all up.”

Personally I think it's true. When politicians win it's mandate this and mandate that. Reality is, people vote for a party for specific reasons, but the voters as a whole aren't really endorsing everything the winning party wants.

We elected Obama to end the Iraq war and bring back the economy, not change healthcare. We elected Trump (again) to secure the border and bring back costs, not mess with Medicaid and Iran etc.

I think usually people vote for a party hoping it will bring something back, whether that something is prices or jobs or soldiers stationed over seas.


r/AskConservatives • • 14h ago

Are you concerned about the growing layoffs in tech/white collar fields?

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Nearly 200,000 people have been laid off in tech since the start of 2026 (source) and Microsoft just yesterday announced a voluntary buyout program for 25% of their workforce (source). Most reasons cited for the cuts are AI and efficiency gains. The monthly job numbers corroborate this data as the vast majority of job growth over the past couple years has been in healthcare and social work. (Source)

Is this something that conservatives are concerned about as AI continues to progress? And at a fundamental level, what is the difference between a company outsourcing manufacturing overseas and a company replacing workers with AI? Why is one usually seen as worse by society when both result in Americans losing their jobs?


r/AskConservatives • • 13h ago

Do you consider Jordan Peterson a ‘problematic influencer’ for teenage boys?

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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/teen-boys-andrew-tate-jordan-peterson-manosphere-social-media_l_6adbb48ee4b04787f03aed66

‘1 In 3 Teenage Boys Follow This Problematic Influencer — And A New Study Explains Why’

The study asked boys if they follow a problematic influencer like Andrew Tate or Jordan Peterson. 33% Tate, 11% Peterson, who they described in the article as: ‘Jordan Peterson, a psychologist who is known to spread anti-feminist, sexist ideas.’

I find it interesting that they would group Peterson with Tate as a ‘problematic influencer.’


r/AskConservatives • • 14h ago

What do you think of President Trump saying he will soon be banning the term Artificial Intelligence?

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Today, in a Truth Social post, Trump said:

In short order, we will be officially BANNING the term, “AI/Artificial Intelligence,” in all relevant documents, and everything else, due to its inaccuracy.

What do you think about that?


r/AskConservatives • • 13h ago

Education How do you feel about public education?

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Conservatives- how do you feel about public education? I know a lot of Conservatives have problems with our public education system, but I feel that a strong, healthy, and robust Public Education system is important for the United States. Better educated children would be a boon for all of us- they turn into better employees, business owners, doctors, lawyers, service men and women, et cetera. I also believe that schools are important for new immigrant children as public schools not only teach them English, but also teach them how to assimilate and become Americans.

How do you feel about our public education system? What works, what’s broken and in need of repair? How would you improve it?

Bias notification- I’m a Texas public high school teacher, husband of a teacher, father of three public school students, and am a product of Texas public schools, and am more of a Moderate Conservative/Independent when it comes to political viewpoints.


r/AskConservatives • • 22h ago

Elections Would you support making Election Day a national holiday?

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Israel is holding its election today, a Tuesday and Election Day is a national holiday there. Why can’t we do the same here? Wouldn’t giving people the day off help more people go turn out to vote and participate in our democratic process?


r/AskConservatives • • 15h ago

Elections Are you worried about the Texas Senate race next week?

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Do you think Talarico has a chance or will win? Do you think Ken Paxton deserves to be a Senator?


r/AskConservatives • • 7h ago

Do you think any of this matters?

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I’ve always been of the mindset that both parties are two wings of the same bird. It feels like both sides, at least large aspects of them, would rather rage bait and fear monger, than actually produce solutions.

Do you think anyone in power authentically wants to do good, or is it just these stealth oligarchs hoarding wealth and pitting the common people against each other for whatever means fit the moment? Any time I see potential candidates on either side, they lose because they aren’t playing "the game"


r/AskConservatives • • 5h ago

Hypothetical Does america need a third party?

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Political tribalism and a refusal to work together feels like it's reaching a breaking point. When i was younger (i'm 100% okay to be corrected on this as i'm likely remembering in a via biased manner) Political ads felt more about policy and what was best for the country and North America as a whole vs now where it feels like nothing but attack ads and just a "well we aren't the other party"

Right now the tents of views under the Republicans and Democrats seems far to wide. You have Democrats that want certain policies but not others from withen their own party and same on the Republican side. Would having a third or forth party help with this and work to help unify more of the country?


r/AskConservatives • • 17h ago

Hypothetical If you can go back to 2024, would you have picked Ron DeSantis over Donald Trump?

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I certainly would have, and did. But he was pushed out by MAGA. This country would be much better had we went with Desantis


r/AskConservatives • • 16h ago

Do you think you would be able to convince a group of socialist friends that you are also a socialist and join/infiltrate their group?

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Or liberals or leftists or anything in the spirit of the question.

This would involve a good faith attempt at thinking/speaking like a socialist and some time hanging out with them/having socialist discussions with them over a period of time. Usually that would mean no sarcastic conservative impressions of a socialist ("i want to give my money to lgbxwubbq people! I like avocado toast!"), and possibly contribute to/survive their echo chamber. You are still a conservative, of course, you are just hiding that part and putting up a convincing act.

EDIT: The reason i asked was that conflict arises because we villainize each other and overestimate how much we actually understand the other sides reasoning in good faith. and that if i asked this question, i would get a lot of "yes i cam because the other side is stupid" instead of "yes i can because i would try to understand them". the question was mostly, can you act like a leftist in good faith, not to not engage to hide in plain sight. shouldve asked in a different way i guess


r/AskConservatives • • 9h ago

Did you start a Roth IRA for your kids when they started working? If not, why not?

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r/AskConservatives • • 1d ago

Comey charged again: justified? Political retribution?

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Comey has been charged again with leaking classified information. There is a potential statute of limitations issue given that the conduct was in October 2016.

It has been investigated by two prosecutors in the last decade and not led to charges either time.

Is this prosecution politically motivated? If so, does it rise to the level of “lawfare”? Are the suggestions of new evidence compelling?

To the extent the prosecution has a signaling/messaging component, does that justify it?

Does this case seem like a winner, stinker, somewhere in between, unsure?


r/AskConservatives • • 1d ago

How much of an issue do you think corruption actually is?

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I have seen stories about this administrations corruption for ages in Left leaning media. But that seemed par for the course. I have not seen much at all in the Right leaning media so I was really surprised to see this Fox poll that it was the #1 issue over even the economy??

I don't understand how that is possible. Do you hear it discussed in your Right leaning circles? The economy is of course a very bipartisan talking point. But corruption? I very rarely hear other conservatives here concerned about it either.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-poll-cost-living-concerns-weigh-gop-midterms

(It's on the fourth graphic down the page)


r/AskConservatives • • 1d ago

Did you read President Trump's 1,300 word post about comedian Bill Maher and do you think it addressed important issues?

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r/AskConservatives • • 16h ago

Elections What do you think the margin split will be for midterms?

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Will it be R or D leaning?

Will it be +1, +5, +10 etc?


r/AskConservatives • • 1d ago

Do you every get the feeling Vivek Ramaswamy may have sabotaged the governor's election in Ohio on purpose?

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r/AskConservatives • • 1d ago

Hypothetical Thoughts on Nicki Minaj, potentially becoming the press secretary?

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/entertainment/4779102/nicki-minaj-press-secretary-steven-cheung/

Now to be fair this was most likely a joke but let’s be honest this is the Trump administration anything can happen?


r/AskConservatives • • 1d ago

Meta In your opinion has Mike johnson been the least effective Speaker of the House in recent history?

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If we look at other Speakers of the House, they had a better ability to be able to pass criticial bipartisan legislation through narrow majorities and actually make deals, and were able to make solid comments to the press regarding what congress was up to or about something the president did whether you agreed with it or not.

I feel like we just havent seen that with Mike johnson where congress has passed a historic low of bills under his leadership and he always seems to struggle to negotiate to get critical bills through narrow majorities when previous speakers have been able to with the same odds.

And he always seems unprepared or unwilling to answer questions from the press by saying things like "I havent seen that" or "I dont know what youre talking about" almost like hes afraid to address anything negative within the party at all instead of trying to spin it positvely.

I dont know who would've been a better choice for republicans to pick though. Certainly not jim Jordan. What are yalls thoughts?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/03/elise-stefanik-house-speaker-mike-johnson-trump/87590314007/


r/AskConservatives • • 1d ago

Hot Take Do you think the Obama-era “scandals” (Dijon mustard, tan suit,…) were justified? And if so, how do they compare to the numerous scandals Trump is involved now?

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r/AskConservatives • • 1d ago

How do you feel about the new deal where Russia provides investment and technology for natural gas development in Alaska?

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