{"id":1325789,"date":"2022-02-22T05:10:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T10:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1325789"},"modified":"2022-02-22T08:10:31","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T13:10:31","slug":"why-you-should-out-yourself-as-a-conservative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-you-should-out-yourself-as-a-conservative\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Should Out Yourself As A Conservative"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhy-you-should-out-yourself-as-a-conservative%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1325789&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Drinking_Beer.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Our kids\u2019 extracurricular activity was at a location not near anyone\u2019s house. It was also a long one, clocking in at two hours. While theoretically the parents could have gone home after dropping off the kids and returned to pick them up, a husband and wife had a better idea: Why don\u2019t we go grab a beer and some queso at the Mexican restaurant just a few blocks away?<\/p>\n<p>While we\u2019d interacted a handful of times, we\u2019d never hung out as adults. It had always been as parents, which meant our impromptu gathering involved normal getting-to-know-you pleasantries. When it was my turn to answer the question about what I do, I thought for a moment and admitted I\u2019m currently between things when it comes to daytime employment, adding, \u201cPlus, I\u2019m publicly a right-wing nut job, which likely doesn\u2019t help me in the current climate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I wasn\u2019t sure how they\u2019d respond, as many of us who work, or in my case worked, in more stereotypical corporate environments have learned to keep our mouths shut. There\u2019s a prevailing sentiment amongst \u201cright thinking\u201d (which isn\u2019t to say right politically) people that everyone they interact with thinks just like them. The deplorables are elsewhere. So, they say things they consider unobjectionable and we let them go, not wanting to risk cancellation.<\/p>\n<p>At this juncture, I must add that I was not canceled from my previous job, sadly, as that may have been helpful to me. There\u2019s no such thing as bad publicity, right? Maybe next time.<\/p>\n<p>Nor was I canceled at the Mexican joint. Instead, it was as if I\u2019d just given the secret handshake, I\u2019d spoken the password, I\u2019d unlocked the message with my Little Orphan Annie decoder ring. Turns out, despite assumptions, and we all know the thing about assumptions, we were in the trust tree, able to speak freely. And we did, up until we returned to the facility just in time to retrieve our kids.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"real-life-isn-t-the-internet\">Real Life Isn\u2019t the Internet<\/h2>\n<p>There\u2019s a reason we start by not speaking freely, of course, and it\u2019s mostly because the internet ruins things. People spout off in ways they wouldn\u2019t otherwise. There\u2019s a very low risk they\u2019re going to get slugged in the mouth through their screen. Opinions crystallize in excessive directions, like defunding the police or suggesting parents don\u2019t have a say in their kids\u2019 educations or that boys and girls are interchangeable.<\/p>\n<p>Add to that that social media, especially Twitter, has a huge bias toward left-wingers, and it seems like our numbers are smaller than they are. It skews our perception about what sorts of opinions people actually hold.<\/p>\n<p>Now, I have no idea who these parents voted for or what party they\u2019re registered with. It wasn\u2019t a purity test moment that any of us passed. Nor am I suggesting we limit ourselves to ideological bubbles based on which team we\u2019re rooting against. (There are people who actually like one of the parties, but for the most part, we just dislike one of them less than we dislike the other. As to people who actually like politicians, I\u2019ve got a Reagan quip for you, but you probably wouldn\u2019t laugh because of who said it.)<\/p>\n<p>The conversation that followed me outing myself was mostly about things that we as parents are concerned with, whether it be female role models the media tries to push or Covid policies. Suffice it to say, no one at the table ever had an \u201cI\u2019m With Her\u201d sticker or wants kids in masks.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve also had such conversations with those who dislike Republicans more, though those tended to lean more toward confession than philosophical discussion. Apparently, I\u2019m a safe space for progressives in which they can admit their heterodox opinions.<\/p>\n<p>But life is not the internet, as my experience shows, and we should all be clamoring for more of these real-life conversations, ones that require us to be honest about what we believe. Well, most of what we believe. It\u2019s probably best not to lead with things like \u201cIf we\u2019re talking equity, how come the average person doesn\u2019t have a tank or even a rocket launcher since the government does?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s obviously just something I made up and not a real opinion I hold, by the way. We can discuss it more, though, after a few more trips to the cantina.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"most-people-aren-t-really-on-the-internet\">Most People Aren\u2019t Really on the Internet<\/h2>\n<p>In my case, as a contributor to this online publication, I sometimes assume that I\u2019m more of a known quantity. In terms of job applications, that\u2019s likely true as The Federalist is at the top of my r\u00e9sum\u00e9. I\u2019d rather be blackballed by closed-minded organizations than quietly be a mercenary for one that loudly wants to make the country my kids will inherit worse. As I\u2019m just one man, this will have no effect, but also it really isn\u2019t hard to Google me, so being upfront is a time-saver.<\/p>\n<p>But most people you encounter, whether it\u2019s at the annual HOA meeting or through your kids\u2019 extracurricular activities, aren\u2019t going to Google you on a whim. If they do, you should probably avoid them regardless of what you agree on or what they were able to find. Which isn\u2019t to say you should turn your politics into your personality. Too many people do that already.<\/p>\n<p>We do need to stop censoring ourselves, though. We can\u2019t be afraid to admit what we believe, especially when a surprising amount of people privately agree with us. Because the sooner we all reclaim our voices, loudly and proudly, the better off we\u2019ll be as a people.<\/p>\n<p>And if anyone gives you grief for doing so, for entertaining wrongthink, just tell them you\u2019re living your truth. They\u2019re not allowed to argue with that.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">\n  Richard Cromwell is a writer and senior contributor at The Federalist. He lives in Northwest Arkansas with his wife, three daughters, and two crazy dogs. Co-host of the podcast <a href=\"https:\/\/coffeeandcochon.com\/%E2%80%9C\">Coffee &#038; Cochon<\/a>, you can find him on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jrichardcromwell%E2%80%9C\">Facebook<\/a><br \/>\nand <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rcromwell4%E2%80%9C\">Twitter<\/a>, though you should probably avoid using social media.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our kids\u2019 extracurricular activity was at a location not near anyone\u2019s house. It was also a long one, clocking in at two hours. 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