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[–]MenAreFragileBabies 18 insightful - 1 fun18 insightful - 0 fun19 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

A lot of the posters on that sub have always been conservative. The only reason we weren't overrun by conservatives on GC (and many of them still tried to sneak in) was that radical feminism is by its very nature a leftist movement. Plus it was in the sidebar. Men in general are more conservative anyway because they have a lot more privilege, and gay men in particular have never really been too interested in women's rights for obvious reasons. They have a different fight, which is mostly won now. So they have a ton of privilege these days generally speaking and are a lot more conservative than they used to be. Some of them are good allies, but don't assume they are just because they are gay.

[–]stitchedlamb[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You're absolutely right, in fact I worked with a gay conservative man a few years ago, so I'm not sure why I thought differently. It's a painful wake up call regardless.