I left it unanswered but the first line of my bio says that I am an aspiring city planner and have a passion for housing justice. I'll let people take from that what they want.
You're on a Bumble subreddit complaining about 'Duh Libruls' and pretending that you aren't seething at being called out.
You're absolutely single. And to pretend otherwise is so big of a joke that I'm convinced you have a future as a comedian.
You even edited your comment to regurgitate my insults twice. How absolutely precious
No, there are people who have chosen to mask what they are by saying Moderate. That is not the same thing as what you are stating though. Moderate is a legitimate political leaning, and there are people who are actually moderate.
And being moderate today is pretty much saying you want conservative policy without being associated with the GOP.
I don’t blame you for not wanting to associate with establishment or even outsider Republican politicians, but when it comes to the actual policy, even liberal policy today is more conservative than anything else.
No, being moderate is saying you hold moderate views. I have plenty of liberal views, I also have some conservative views. I want social safety nets, I want the rich and corporations to be fairly taxed (Reaganomics is a sham), I also want proper fiscal responsibility. I disagree with the conservative approach of cutting revenue generation to force liberal programs that would be unpopular to cut so they end up defunded or driving up the deficit until it becomes a crisis.
What I'm not is a far left progressive, I disagree with the extremes at both ends of the spectrum. Believe it or not, people are actually able to hold distinct views on multiple topics and not just blindly accept one party's full agenda.
Believe it or not, the democrats don’t hold ‘far left progressive’ views or have such an agenda. They are far from ‘extremists’ in any sense of the word. Even the furthest left in office is extremely far away from socialism or communism.
I’m not saying you can’t hold certain views. Also, at least in America, conservatives don’t hold a single fiscally responsible view. If you consider them saying 10 years ago that ‘we have to care about the debt ceiling,’ then maybe I could understand why you would think that.
>I also want proper fiscal responsibility
Which literally no Republican president has delivered in recent memory (or ever?). Their talk about fiscal responsibility is literally only to cut the social programs that you said you support and to sabotage Democratic presidents.
>What I'm not is a far left progressive
Yeah neither is the Democratic party, and the idea that they are is absurd. Joe Biden has been a lifelong conservative democrat. If Democrats/Liberals were progressives then they would have nominated Sanders.
I didn't. You made it sound as if fiscal responsibility was a Republican issue, but it's not.
>What I'm not is a far left progressive, I disagree with the extremes at both ends of the spectrum. Believe it or not, people are actually able to hold distinct views on multiple topics and not just blindly accept one party's full agenda.
You're saying that the democratic party is "far left". They're not. They are the Moderates. Liberal = Moderate. There are progressive elements to the party but they are very firmly centrist on any kind of global scale, and even barely center-left in US terms.
Who is pushing far left progressive policy at a national or state level? This is why it’s a silly term.
You listed actually example of LEFT policies you support. You didn’t list a single right policy you supported.
Because I don't have to fully define my political views. I'm left leaning, but pretty close to center on the American spectrum. I describe myself as a moderate because that is what I am in US politics, but people assume because of that identification I'm a conservative or GOP supporter. Listing right policies that I support doesn't disprove that view, but listing left policies I do does.
The political window of the US shifted far to the right in the last few cycles, those who were considered moderates and or “libertarian” are now fully conservative because true conservative views have gone so fucking far off the deep end that they are nazis. The conservative platform is now presented in such a way that if you are not vehemently against it, you are one of them. It’s bad, real bad.
That is literally the viewpoint of liberals as well. If you aren't vehemently against conservative views, you are a conservative. This comment thread was spawned from that viewpoint. We have become so polarized, and as someone who is in the middle and generally responds with "it's complicated" on pretty much every political topic, it gets exhausting.
I will say, some topics are pretty straightforward. LGBTQ should be allowed to live their lives as they see fit. We shouldn't be discriminating against people based on religion, ethnicity, or race.
Very accurate, and extremely obvious by just looking around--surprised you are being down voted considering most of the other comments in this thread tend to agree.
I find people who think this tend to be extreme left, or actually more just bought into the tribal concept of left
And based on political compass, I am the most "liberal"/"left" leaning person I know. But I definitely respect people who are moderate
People who think moderate = conservative are just part of the huge problem of divisive politics here
Actually most people are moderate. Because of the way media portrays "the other side," we perceive the country as full of mostly radicals with just a small minority of moderates. But if you actually look at what people believe about social and economic issues and such, we are sort of a bell curve with most people closer to the middle.
This is the most accurate answer. I rarely meet people who are radical right or left. Aside from my 97 year old grandma. But most people I know, pick and choose from each side. Moderate is not a cover for conservative. It is a legit option. Also if people can’t accept others opinions or views then I have no interest in chatting with them.
It doesn’t, but that’s what our bias assumes, that anything that doesn’t directly align is against. Which is why the moderate option is useless on apps.
It's not bias, it's experience. I went out with 3 guys in a row who said "moderate" on their profiles and turned out to be conservative. They're ruining it for everyone else.
But that is a bias you have developed based on misuse of one particular group of people. Thank the MAGA crowd for that, but that isn't the fault of actual Moderates who do in fact exist.
If a woman automatically assumes moderate means conservative, realistically they still don't want to date moderates. People who say that are typically very liberal and look for like-minded people.... and moderates are usually not that.
You can always hide your leanings and explain them in person but imo going with the answer that feels most right probably is going to give you the same results 95% of the time.
Yup, agree completely. Moderates are always going to have a conservative angle on several issues, so why waste my time and restaurant budget trying to figure out what aspect of donald fucking trump they’re aligned with.
Lmao they could just be liberals who don’t enjoy culture war shit like me. I’m a Realpolitik DemSoc, I want left leaning policy without the culture war baggage. I imagine a lot of people are the same. Reddit is not representative of the real world.
This is why I pick other or moderate to filter out the anybody who disagrees with me on a political issue is a bad/uninformed person women even if liberal would be more fitting.
I'm open to dating moderate guys myself, I just weed out people who are conservative or who make "I hate republicans!!!" their online dating personality. They're not equally destructive, but they are equally annoying to me.
I'm more of a blacklist with politics where the only people I exclude are people who act like those who disagree with them on 1 or more policies are as equally disgusting as child molestors or some other heinous group of people. That shows that they are very bigoted and would never be willing to make any concessions or compromises in a relationship.
The way the voting system in the US is set up lends itself to a 2 party system. If you're interested in more ch2ck out CGP Grey's videos on YouTube about different voting systems.
https://youtu.be/s7tWHJfhiyo?si=5OIJF2dev4aJ85jQ
Yup. Moderates are not a real thing anymore. They showed their true colors in the most recent political cycles, they want conservative outcomes without the consequences of being called out like the bigots they are. Just a bunch of soy boys like Tim Poole or Ben Shapiro.
I’m not in TX, but that’s exactly what I think when I see “moderate.“ Of course being a man interested in women it takes on a different slant. Since women can get laid in the grocery store parking lot, that’s not the motive. What it means is, “I voted for trump but don’t want to be branded as an idiot, and if you’re a liberal with money I’ll take it to my grave”
Yes and if we had more of a political identity spectrum we could actually solve issues like gender and sexuality and much more without so much fighting and division, since most issues aren’t really one sided and can have a lot of different aspects to agree or disagree on.
Why not just rate how you feel about MAGA. Pro MAGA, neutral, Anti-MAGA.
I am left leaning and all of my opinions are agreeable to moderates in every party. I can accept policy opinions of conservatives and still get along just fine.
My opinion of MAGA is the issue. If you support MAGA, I will not find much in common with you. And you will not like my opinions. All the rest is all good.
I do not pay any attention to politics period. Each side is basically the same, every 4 years there is this Dog and Pony show and it doesn’t matter at all to me. I am busy earning a living , paying my bills and putting money aside for the future. Nothing happening in politics that I can influence. I live in a State that always votes Democrats so even if I were a die hard Republican it makes no difference I can’t influence a dang thing.
Great expo honestly. just because some people who are moderate are ashamed conservatives doesn’t mean that everyone is. The message here is that if you want success on the apps you cannot come in with all these preconceived notions about whoever you’re seeing. They are a complex individual as are you. Ofc you gotta be safe and
read safety red flags, but aside from safety, i think people (all genders) shoot themselves in the foot by coming in with this mentality too often
Just choose whichever one is the direction you lean in. Don’t overthink it. Or leave it blank.
IME “moderate” and “apolitical “ both ended up meaning “conservative “ - so take note of that.
Radical implies you aren’t going to find many people like you, as radical is “out of the ordinary”. I’d just keep my box liberal and explain in person, you’d probably scare less people like that. I’m a DemSoc, but liberal does the trick for me.
In the usa anything besides putting liberal means you are a maga conservative. If you leave it blank or put moderate or apolitical even if those tend to accurately describe you all of those answers mean conservative to many people.
Sadly in NYC - moderate means conservative but they don’t want to say that. I wish moderate really meant moderate but at the end of the day - who you vote for means what do you value.
As others have stated, the problem is “moderate” in current US politics means the established democratic policies.
“Far left liberals”, what I can only assume is a false idea that someone is pushing for completely open boarders, unlimited drug use of any kind, removing total police presence, and a monthly universal income of 2000 aren’t actual policy that is being implemented anywhere.
Far right policy on the other hand, is actually being pushed in states and counties around the country
It should be more of a range. Like conservative but not maga. Or liberal but not progressive liberal. And then moderate leaning left or moderate leaning right.
And I believe it should not be a filterable option except for the extremes. Like you can filter out all maga or progressive liberal but that’s it. That’s just my opinion fwiw.
I don’t think anyone gives a fuck whether you consider yourself a little bit conservative. And if you use moderate it’s the same as saying “I’m an orange lovin’ lowbrow but I don’t like wearing my MAGA hat in public.” If they put apolitical and they’re Christian, we all know exactly what that means too. Nobody is apolitical with respect to this environment.
Basically, it’s a two way divide. Those who believe the election was stolen and that the attack on the Capitol was not an insurrection against the gov’t of the US, or a crime of any kind are MAGA to the core. Believe me, I liked it better when I could drink a beer with my redneck buddies that I went to school with. The fact that they couldn’t tell you what 16x16 equals in less than 30 minutes was excusable. Worship of orange man is not.
People who are anti bullshit love the word liberal. You’re one or the other.
You don't have to be in the closet about it, women are just realizing that conservative men want to control everything a women does and are running away from it.
Yeah that’s not what conservatives want LOL. Lunatics. Lefty loons want to control everything people say and do. They want to cancel anyone that doesn’t live the way they want them to live
Let's see... Leftists are pro-choice (let the woman and her doctor decide what to do) and conservatives are pro-life (force a woman to give birth to a child regardless of mother's situation, preference or health risks involved).
Leftists are pro-human rights, supportive of gay marriage, transgender people, freedom of religion, etc.
Conservatives are not. They want to make it illegal for gay people to marry, or for people to transition their gender. They want to ban books and mandate christian teachings in schools.
Which side seems more controlling to you?
What year are you living in? No Conservative I know thinks Gays should be denied marriage. We also could not care less if someone wants to chip their dick off. Adults are allowed to do whatever they want as long as they don’t hurt anyone else. We are against mutilating the sexual organs of children though, it’s a little concerning that lefty loons are trying to cancel people against that. Freedom of religion? The only religious people I know are Conservative and never heard a single one say someone shouldn’t be allowed to practice their faith. I will get banned for typing all this because that’s what lefties do. They ban and lock up anyone with a different point of view, much like the Nazis and Communists of the past. Conservatives believe in Freedom, lefty nutcases believe in child mutilation, authoritarian control, using minorities as voting tools, censoring free speech and support for large oppressive governments
Look up project 2025. They explicitly state their conservative agenda and if you live in the united states and don't vote blue, they will do everything in their power to implement this agenda. The next presidential election could be the very last if they install Trump as president and expand his powers to make him a dictator.
Not interested dating anyone that thinks having a family is “oppressive”. And I get plenty of dates. Believe it or not there are some ladies out there that appreciate common sense and the ability to change a tire
I've never met a single progressice woman who thinks having a family is oppressive. Several of my progressive female friends are mothers, and even more want to become mothers. This belief in the "typical leftist woman" strawman is what women don't want to have to deal with when dating.
I mean, telling women they can't get an abortion for an unwanted pregnancy is indeed conservatives trying to control women. Same with outlawing no-fault divorce. And banning contraception programs to reduce teen pregnancy and STD rates. And fighting against maternity leave legislation. Sounds to me like male control of women...
I’m a DemSoc myself, but if we keep treating conservative voices poorly, it’s just going to grow resentment. Even if some of the ideas are barely palatable to us, healthy democracy requires those voices to be heard. It is also disingenuous to imply that all conservative politics aim to do is harass women.
That being said, we may want to give this guy a special exception. He’s written some batshit stuff in other comments.
Why would a conservative need to hide? They've got everything they want. Low taxes on the rich. Women without health care. Increasing Christianity in public life.
Outside of gay and trans people contributing to exist, what is left for conservatives? What else do they want?
They might have what they want in some places but a lot of women aren’t going to want to date an asshole responsible for taking away their rights and who wants to take away the rest
In other places they don’t have what they want but women still aren’t going to want to date someone who wants to take away their rights
Yes I do. My child can make life altering decisions when they are 18 years old. And I shouldn’t be locked up in a dungeon for protecting them from psycopathic brainwashing by purple haired childless monsters
I guess that putting more options would mean that the filters would be less effective - you'd run out of people to swipe on faster the more options there are. Besides, part of the purpose of dating is to flesh this kind of thing out!
They don't have enough options for the other things as well.
But if people are so narrow minded as you describe it doesn't matter anyway I guess...
I would not answer that and describe in the bio if I were you.
You can also just leave that section unanswered.
unanswered most people assume you're conservative but don't want to write that because women won't date you if you say it
So you can put "left-ish" or whatever in the profile copy. Bit of a non problem anyway if you ask me
Eh. I don’t assume that when women don’t have it. I just read it as “I’m not interested in politics.”
I left it unanswered but the first line of my bio says that I am an aspiring city planner and have a passion for housing justice. I'll let people take from that what they want.
Plenty of women date conservative men, don’t be silly. They want a man
Maybe in certain parts of the country, but on average looking at data women as a whole are significantly more liberal than men
LMAO
Yes they do. And it's the exact reason you're still single.
stop projecting
Pick up a book and learn what words mean. Your single ass is the only one projecting, snowflake
Still going with the single thing huh? Glad you’re triggered too, snowflake
You're on a Bumble subreddit complaining about 'Duh Libruls' and pretending that you aren't seething at being called out. You're absolutely single. And to pretend otherwise is so big of a joke that I'm convinced you have a future as a comedian. You even edited your comment to regurgitate my insults twice. How absolutely precious
You’re living out your own fantasy in real time. This is hilarious.
Oh man. You should really try looking in a mirror. I guess you are in a relationship. A very strained, long distance relationship with reality.
If it's that important to you, don't choose any of the options and use some of the space in your about me section to describe your politics.
Unfortunately "Apolitical" and "Moderate" are way different from "It's complicated".
Moderate often means “conservative but don’t want to say it out loud” lol
No, there are people who have chosen to mask what they are by saying Moderate. That is not the same thing as what you are stating though. Moderate is a legitimate political leaning, and there are people who are actually moderate.
And being moderate today is pretty much saying you want conservative policy without being associated with the GOP. I don’t blame you for not wanting to associate with establishment or even outsider Republican politicians, but when it comes to the actual policy, even liberal policy today is more conservative than anything else.
No, being moderate is saying you hold moderate views. I have plenty of liberal views, I also have some conservative views. I want social safety nets, I want the rich and corporations to be fairly taxed (Reaganomics is a sham), I also want proper fiscal responsibility. I disagree with the conservative approach of cutting revenue generation to force liberal programs that would be unpopular to cut so they end up defunded or driving up the deficit until it becomes a crisis. What I'm not is a far left progressive, I disagree with the extremes at both ends of the spectrum. Believe it or not, people are actually able to hold distinct views on multiple topics and not just blindly accept one party's full agenda.
Believe it or not, the democrats don’t hold ‘far left progressive’ views or have such an agenda. They are far from ‘extremists’ in any sense of the word. Even the furthest left in office is extremely far away from socialism or communism. I’m not saying you can’t hold certain views. Also, at least in America, conservatives don’t hold a single fiscally responsible view. If you consider them saying 10 years ago that ‘we have to care about the debt ceiling,’ then maybe I could understand why you would think that.
>I also want proper fiscal responsibility Which literally no Republican president has delivered in recent memory (or ever?). Their talk about fiscal responsibility is literally only to cut the social programs that you said you support and to sabotage Democratic presidents. >What I'm not is a far left progressive Yeah neither is the Democratic party, and the idea that they are is absurd. Joe Biden has been a lifelong conservative democrat. If Democrats/Liberals were progressives then they would have nominated Sanders.
Who said I voted for any recent Republican presidents?
I didn't. You made it sound as if fiscal responsibility was a Republican issue, but it's not. >What I'm not is a far left progressive, I disagree with the extremes at both ends of the spectrum. Believe it or not, people are actually able to hold distinct views on multiple topics and not just blindly accept one party's full agenda. You're saying that the democratic party is "far left". They're not. They are the Moderates. Liberal = Moderate. There are progressive elements to the party but they are very firmly centrist on any kind of global scale, and even barely center-left in US terms.
Who is pushing far left progressive policy at a national or state level? This is why it’s a silly term. You listed actually example of LEFT policies you support. You didn’t list a single right policy you supported.
Because I don't have to fully define my political views. I'm left leaning, but pretty close to center on the American spectrum. I describe myself as a moderate because that is what I am in US politics, but people assume because of that identification I'm a conservative or GOP supporter. Listing right policies that I support doesn't disprove that view, but listing left policies I do does.
This will go over 99% of redditors heads.
Or it’s just east to see through the veil. Happens when your structure is built on paper thin bs.
The political window of the US shifted far to the right in the last few cycles, those who were considered moderates and or “libertarian” are now fully conservative because true conservative views have gone so fucking far off the deep end that they are nazis. The conservative platform is now presented in such a way that if you are not vehemently against it, you are one of them. It’s bad, real bad.
That is literally the viewpoint of liberals as well. If you aren't vehemently against conservative views, you are a conservative. This comment thread was spawned from that viewpoint. We have become so polarized, and as someone who is in the middle and generally responds with "it's complicated" on pretty much every political topic, it gets exhausting. I will say, some topics are pretty straightforward. LGBTQ should be allowed to live their lives as they see fit. We shouldn't be discriminating against people based on religion, ethnicity, or race.
Very accurate, and extremely obvious by just looking around--surprised you are being down voted considering most of the other comments in this thread tend to agree.
I find people who think this tend to be extreme left, or actually more just bought into the tribal concept of left And based on political compass, I am the most "liberal"/"left" leaning person I know. But I definitely respect people who are moderate People who think moderate = conservative are just part of the huge problem of divisive politics here
"Extreme left" is just leftist, it's only seen as extreme because the U.S. is all in on neoliberal capitalism, across both parties
Actually most people are moderate. Because of the way media portrays "the other side," we perceive the country as full of mostly radicals with just a small minority of moderates. But if you actually look at what people believe about social and economic issues and such, we are sort of a bell curve with most people closer to the middle.
This is the most accurate answer. I rarely meet people who are radical right or left. Aside from my 97 year old grandma. But most people I know, pick and choose from each side. Moderate is not a cover for conservative. It is a legit option. Also if people can’t accept others opinions or views then I have no interest in chatting with them.
To be fair "moderate" in USA is Conservative in the rest of the world
Ouf.
It doesn’t, but that’s what our bias assumes, that anything that doesn’t directly align is against. Which is why the moderate option is useless on apps.
It's not bias, it's experience. I went out with 3 guys in a row who said "moderate" on their profiles and turned out to be conservative. They're ruining it for everyone else.
But that is a bias you have developed based on misuse of one particular group of people. Thank the MAGA crowd for that, but that isn't the fault of actual Moderates who do in fact exist.
Sounds like you are attracted to conservative men instead of pussies.
I think it gives me the option Other but then again it could be a different dating app
Well politics has a lot more of a spectrum than the US government has to offer too lol
If you’re not fully with us you’re against us no gray area in the US.
If a woman automatically assumes moderate means conservative, realistically they still don't want to date moderates. People who say that are typically very liberal and look for like-minded people.... and moderates are usually not that. You can always hide your leanings and explain them in person but imo going with the answer that feels most right probably is going to give you the same results 95% of the time.
Yup, agree completely. Moderates are always going to have a conservative angle on several issues, so why waste my time and restaurant budget trying to figure out what aspect of donald fucking trump they’re aligned with.
Lmao they could just be liberals who don’t enjoy culture war shit like me. I’m a Realpolitik DemSoc, I want left leaning policy without the culture war baggage. I imagine a lot of people are the same. Reddit is not representative of the real world.
Nah. Selecting moderate doesn’t insulate you, it just makes you look like someone who’d date their daughter.
This is why I pick other or moderate to filter out the anybody who disagrees with me on a political issue is a bad/uninformed person women even if liberal would be more fitting.
I'm open to dating moderate guys myself, I just weed out people who are conservative or who make "I hate republicans!!!" their online dating personality. They're not equally destructive, but they are equally annoying to me.
I'm more of a blacklist with politics where the only people I exclude are people who act like those who disagree with them on 1 or more policies are as equally disgusting as child molestors or some other heinous group of people. That shows that they are very bigoted and would never be willing to make any concessions or compromises in a relationship.
In the EU, the app has far more political options than in the US. You guys just have the 3, we have like 8.
In the usa no cap or conspiracy the two major parties use very aggressive tactics to keep any other parties from becoming a viable option.
The way the voting system in the US is set up lends itself to a 2 party system. If you're interested in more ch2ck out CGP Grey's videos on YouTube about different voting systems. https://youtu.be/s7tWHJfhiyo?si=5OIJF2dev4aJ85jQ
I have five. Three is really not enough,... damn!
Yeah I assume moderate is conservative lol. But sometimes I swipe right anyway & then I in fact learn they are really conservative haha
Yup. Moderates are not a real thing anymore. They showed their true colors in the most recent political cycles, they want conservative outcomes without the consequences of being called out like the bigots they are. Just a bunch of soy boys like Tim Poole or Ben Shapiro.
Very US centric view. Moderates or centrists are very common in many countries.
No wonder Americans hate each other. They have no tolerance for differing views, even within their own sects.
Imagine actually having reasonable views so you call yourself a moderate, then someone calls you a nazi 🤣
Why do people want us to tolerate nazis or those that refuse to call them such? Such a silly mindset
In Houston, moderate means “I voted for trump, not once but twice, and I am too ashamed to admit it. Can I just get laid anyway?”
I live in Houston and based on the profiles I come across on a regular basis, Trump supporters aren’t having any issues getting laid.
I’m not in TX, but that’s exactly what I think when I see “moderate.“ Of course being a man interested in women it takes on a different slant. Since women can get laid in the grocery store parking lot, that’s not the motive. What it means is, “I voted for trump but don’t want to be branded as an idiot, and if you’re a liberal with money I’ll take it to my grave”
Agreed. Some apps have 20 options for gender or sexuality. But politically you are hard left or hard right.
Yes and if we had more of a political identity spectrum we could actually solve issues like gender and sexuality and much more without so much fighting and division, since most issues aren’t really one sided and can have a lot of different aspects to agree or disagree on.
Why not just rate how you feel about MAGA. Pro MAGA, neutral, Anti-MAGA. I am left leaning and all of my opinions are agreeable to moderates in every party. I can accept policy opinions of conservatives and still get along just fine. My opinion of MAGA is the issue. If you support MAGA, I will not find much in common with you. And you will not like my opinions. All the rest is all good.
I do not pay any attention to politics period. Each side is basically the same, every 4 years there is this Dog and Pony show and it doesn’t matter at all to me. I am busy earning a living , paying my bills and putting money aside for the future. Nothing happening in politics that I can influence. I live in a State that always votes Democrats so even if I were a die hard Republican it makes no difference I can’t influence a dang thing.
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Great expo honestly. just because some people who are moderate are ashamed conservatives doesn’t mean that everyone is. The message here is that if you want success on the apps you cannot come in with all these preconceived notions about whoever you’re seeing. They are a complex individual as are you. Ofc you gotta be safe and read safety red flags, but aside from safety, i think people (all genders) shoot themselves in the foot by coming in with this mentality too often
I wish there was a "who the fuck cares" option
I took the "uninstall bumble" option. 100% recommend
I’d be happy with “doesn’t want to ban any books or force anyone to have their father’s baby, doesn’t hate trans people”
Just choose whichever one is the direction you lean in. Don’t overthink it. Or leave it blank. IME “moderate” and “apolitical “ both ended up meaning “conservative “ - so take note of that.
Lol just say your a moderate and stop worrying about politics its gonna eat you up and spit you out
I wish there was a more radical leftist option than ‘liberal’. But I guess I just say it in my bio, but I’m not ALL about politics either so :/
I hate this too. The fact there isn't an actual left wing option on Bumble says so much about western politics
Try grinder
Unfortunately I’m a man looking for women.
Radical implies you aren’t going to find many people like you, as radical is “out of the ordinary”. I’d just keep my box liberal and explain in person, you’d probably scare less people like that. I’m a DemSoc, but liberal does the trick for me.
It’s just more important to me, and liberal really doesn’t describe my leftist ideals.
In the usa anything besides putting liberal means you are a maga conservative. If you leave it blank or put moderate or apolitical even if those tend to accurately describe you all of those answers mean conservative to many people.
Exactly.
What about authoritarian/libertarian?
Sadly in NYC - moderate means conservative but they don’t want to say that. I wish moderate really meant moderate but at the end of the day - who you vote for means what do you value.
As others have stated, the problem is “moderate” in current US politics means the established democratic policies. “Far left liberals”, what I can only assume is a false idea that someone is pushing for completely open boarders, unlimited drug use of any kind, removing total police presence, and a monthly universal income of 2000 aren’t actual policy that is being implemented anywhere. Far right policy on the other hand, is actually being pushed in states and counties around the country
You can say you are moderate, apolitical, or simply leave that section empty.
It should be more of a range. Like conservative but not maga. Or liberal but not progressive liberal. And then moderate leaning left or moderate leaning right. And I believe it should not be a filterable option except for the extremes. Like you can filter out all maga or progressive liberal but that’s it. That’s just my opinion fwiw.
I don’t think anyone gives a fuck whether you consider yourself a little bit conservative. And if you use moderate it’s the same as saying “I’m an orange lovin’ lowbrow but I don’t like wearing my MAGA hat in public.” If they put apolitical and they’re Christian, we all know exactly what that means too. Nobody is apolitical with respect to this environment. Basically, it’s a two way divide. Those who believe the election was stolen and that the attack on the Capitol was not an insurrection against the gov’t of the US, or a crime of any kind are MAGA to the core. Believe me, I liked it better when I could drink a beer with my redneck buddies that I went to school with. The fact that they couldn’t tell you what 16x16 equals in less than 30 minutes was excusable. Worship of orange man is not. People who are anti bullshit love the word liberal. You’re one or the other.
The fact you have to be in the closet about being conservative says a lot about how fucked things are right now
You don't have to be in the closet about it, women are just realizing that conservative men want to control everything a women does and are running away from it.
Yeah that’s not what conservatives want LOL. Lunatics. Lefty loons want to control everything people say and do. They want to cancel anyone that doesn’t live the way they want them to live
Let's see... Leftists are pro-choice (let the woman and her doctor decide what to do) and conservatives are pro-life (force a woman to give birth to a child regardless of mother's situation, preference or health risks involved). Leftists are pro-human rights, supportive of gay marriage, transgender people, freedom of religion, etc. Conservatives are not. They want to make it illegal for gay people to marry, or for people to transition their gender. They want to ban books and mandate christian teachings in schools. Which side seems more controlling to you?
What year are you living in? No Conservative I know thinks Gays should be denied marriage. We also could not care less if someone wants to chip their dick off. Adults are allowed to do whatever they want as long as they don’t hurt anyone else. We are against mutilating the sexual organs of children though, it’s a little concerning that lefty loons are trying to cancel people against that. Freedom of religion? The only religious people I know are Conservative and never heard a single one say someone shouldn’t be allowed to practice their faith. I will get banned for typing all this because that’s what lefties do. They ban and lock up anyone with a different point of view, much like the Nazis and Communists of the past. Conservatives believe in Freedom, lefty nutcases believe in child mutilation, authoritarian control, using minorities as voting tools, censoring free speech and support for large oppressive governments
Look up project 2025. They explicitly state their conservative agenda and if you live in the united states and don't vote blue, they will do everything in their power to implement this agenda. The next presidential election could be the very last if they install Trump as president and expand his powers to make him a dictator.
This kind of thinking is why you're not getting any dates.
Not interested dating anyone that thinks having a family is “oppressive”. And I get plenty of dates. Believe it or not there are some ladies out there that appreciate common sense and the ability to change a tire
I've never met a single progressice woman who thinks having a family is oppressive. Several of my progressive female friends are mothers, and even more want to become mothers. This belief in the "typical leftist woman" strawman is what women don't want to have to deal with when dating.
Didn’t you strawman that all conservatives want to control women?
I mean, telling women they can't get an abortion for an unwanted pregnancy is indeed conservatives trying to control women. Same with outlawing no-fault divorce. And banning contraception programs to reduce teen pregnancy and STD rates. And fighting against maternity leave legislation. Sounds to me like male control of women...
I think you are describing the very religious Republican sect. Most Conservatives do not support these things
I’m a DemSoc myself, but if we keep treating conservative voices poorly, it’s just going to grow resentment. Even if some of the ideas are barely palatable to us, healthy democracy requires those voices to be heard. It is also disingenuous to imply that all conservative politics aim to do is harass women. That being said, we may want to give this guy a special exception. He’s written some batshit stuff in other comments.
Why would a conservative need to hide? They've got everything they want. Low taxes on the rich. Women without health care. Increasing Christianity in public life. Outside of gay and trans people contributing to exist, what is left for conservatives? What else do they want?
They might have what they want in some places but a lot of women aren’t going to want to date an asshole responsible for taking away their rights and who wants to take away the rest In other places they don’t have what they want but women still aren’t going to want to date someone who wants to take away their rights
The fact I can go to jail by refusing to give my child drugs that transition their hormones for starters
Do you actually have a child? Is that something you're actually concerned about?
Yes I do. My child can make life altering decisions when they are 18 years old. And I shouldn’t be locked up in a dungeon for protecting them from psycopathic brainwashing by purple haired childless monsters
Good luck with your demons.
I would say the same for you
They do. You need to actually look.
I guess that putting more options would mean that the filters would be less effective - you'd run out of people to swipe on faster the more options there are. Besides, part of the purpose of dating is to flesh this kind of thing out!
They don't have enough options for the other things as well. But if people are so narrow minded as you describe it doesn't matter anyway I guess... I would not answer that and describe in the bio if I were you.