It depends if you are right leaning because you want lower taxes and smaller government, or if you are right leaning because you are a homophobic, racist.
I don't think it does. The two camps are very anti-each-other, and they don't have a lot of nuance for what beliefs get you to your side. In fact, in 99% of my interactions, they don't know how I arrived on my side.
I think it's more likely to be divulged by talk about the president or presidential candidates.
I don't think this is true of highly rational people, but I do think it's true of most people that I encounter.
I think it's more likely to be divulged by talk about the president or presidential candidates
Sure, because if somebody says they’re pro-Trump (or really, pro most Republican candidates these days), they’re not saying “I lean towards conservative views”, they’re saying at a minimum “I’m OK supporting Trump because his xenophobia/sexism/etc are lesser concerns to me than his views that I like”.
There are plenty of conservatives in tech. The problem is that the modern Republican Party is no longer guided by conservative principles.
The word "homophobic" is used to discredit any disapproval of homosexuality -- it must be a "phobia" and is not rational, and the issue is not open to discussion. To answer the OP, especially on social issues, you cannot be openly right-wing.
I think you may be inventing a distinction. Nobody is trying to make “disapproval of homosexuality” sound worse by making it a “phobia”. It already sounds bad on its own. Stop disapproving of other people’s identity.
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It depends if you are right leaning because you want lower taxes and smaller government, or if you are right leaning because you are a homophobic, racist.
I don't think it does. The two camps are very anti-each-other, and they don't have a lot of nuance for what beliefs get you to your side. In fact, in 99% of my interactions, they don't know how I arrived on my side.
I think it's more likely to be divulged by talk about the president or presidential candidates.
I don't think this is true of highly rational people, but I do think it's true of most people that I encounter.
Sure, because if somebody says they’re pro-Trump (or really, pro most Republican candidates these days), they’re not saying “I lean towards conservative views”, they’re saying at a minimum “I’m OK supporting Trump because his xenophobia/sexism/etc are lesser concerns to me than his views that I like”.
There are plenty of conservatives in tech. The problem is that the modern Republican Party is no longer guided by conservative principles.
The word "homophobic" is used to discredit any disapproval of homosexuality -- it must be a "phobia" and is not rational, and the issue is not open to discussion. To answer the OP, especially on social issues, you cannot be openly right-wing.
I think you may be inventing a distinction. Nobody is trying to make “disapproval of homosexuality” sound worse by making it a “phobia”. It already sounds bad on its own. Stop disapproving of other people’s identity.
What is an example of a legitimate and rational disapproval of homosexuality?