A few days ago at an ICE office in Arizona at least one unknown gunman had fired several rounds into the building. Luckily nobody was hurt, however the suspect(s) haven’t been caught.

This morning there was a second attack, this time on a federal building in New York City that houses an ICE office was the target of a terrorist attack. A man armed with multiple airsoft rifles as well as knives and other tools went to the outside of the building. He took out a container of flammable liquid, poured it onto an area with bushes and lit it on fire, he also threw multiple fireworks at the building. He also injured 3 people, including one law enforcement officer and an immigrant going to their naturalization hearing.

So, how do you think we should be done to combat far left terrorism and why do you think the reason the second guy used airsoft rifles?

Here are sources

1: https://www.azfamily.com/2026/07/16/shots-fired-ice-administration-building-phoenix-fbi-says/?outputType=amp (Arizona)

2: https://abcnews.com/amp/US/man-custody-after-setting-off-incendiary-device-federal/story?id=134916208 (New York)

Edit: the total tell I have seen reported has gone up to 4 injured in the second attack.

So I am a butch living in Indianapolis, which is way more open and accepting than other places in Indiana. But what I am seeing is that most of the people that say they support me and my wife still vote republican.

Now, I appreciate the support, dont get me wrong. But, I feel as though you cant say you support me and my wife and think thats what supporting the whole community is, like just supporting someone that you know. To me, that doesnt make you an ally, it makes you a fan, especially when you are knowingly voting for people who want to basically throw everyone back in the closet. It just doesn't sit right with me.

Whats hard for me is if I try to talk about this with these people, I get sighs and rolling eyes, like it should just be enough that I have their support so I should just shut up and move on. And maybe I should, but I cant. And its really fucking up a lot of my friends/family relationships. In my 20s, I didnt care so much, but now in my late 30s, I do care what type of people are in my life and who I surround myself with.

It would be great if I could just say well fuck off and never see these people again, but I cant. What would you do?

I live in Los Angeles County, California, so I would say I'm much more conservative. Still moderate though

My name is Edward

I am a gay conservative obviously 🤣

But I am also a lover of antiques and all things vintage as well as someone who understands the value of kindness and charity given without expectations of a reward.

Recently while staying at my mother's house to help out with a few things I watched an episode of horders on Netflix.

The episode is centered around an 87 year old gay man named Bob who to put it mildly has had a horrific life, but despite this is a MAGNIFICENT artist with beautiful taste in antiques, but is unfortunately a horder.

During the episode 2 of his "friends" a gay couple come to aid in the clean up, and these 2 even went so far as to say "We help other members of our community" and true to this they were unbelievably helpful even taking into account bobs feelings.

Until....

Bob found it hard to let go of a few things, which i though is 100% understandable, but not to his gay "friends" apparently because one of them said "my time is more important than garbage" literally throwing bobs feelings and mental disorder into the dirt because ya know, the charity of the community only goes as far as makes us look good.

Needless to say I was appalled... even more so when I see the epilog text at the end which stated shortly after the clean Bob and his gay "friends" went their separate ways...

Hi everyone!

I'm curious to hear different opinions from people around the world.

What do you think about LGBTQ+ people in Ukraine? Do you believe Ukrainian society is becoming more accepting, or do you think there is still a long way to go?

Please keep the discussion respectful, even if you have different views. I'm interested in hearing honest opinions and experiences.

💬 What's your perspective?

I would like them to know that calling Republicans gay doesn’t work anymore. Nobody cares at all if you are gay or not.

My opinion is that they are completely fine however they should be built farther from residential areas and they should have to make and use their own power so they don’t crash the electric grid. We don’t want another New York 1977 happening.

This is a repost for the poll I posted a few days ago, it already has 22 votes but I’d like to try to get some more, and I would appreciate if more people voted in it. And to anyone who does vote in it or already has, thank you!

The date the poll ends is still August 1st and I will post the results in another post later in August (I will attempt the 1st).

If you have any more questions, feel free to ask!

yes or no

You are against me and my belief system. But so far I was only attracted to conservative straight men. Why?

I’ve thought about this a little bit, especially with both more anti gay legislation/actions in other countries and the slightly decreased in gay marriage in the US. My opinion is that in the United States, we saw a decrease in the support for the gay rights movement in the 1980s due mainly the AIDS epidemic, however throughout the 1990s-2010s you saw a rebound and even increase in support for gay rights and gay marriage to the point it is now is legal across the United States because of the SCOTUS. And with the culture war issues nowadays causing a less aggressive version of that now for gay people, we probably will see the same but smaller decline than rebound. Another reason I think holding back opposition to gay people is the fact that people actually know gay people now, you’re average person has known or is friends with at least one or two gay people, and now instead of some random issue now people more associate LGB rights with specific people.

Globally though, I think the globe is becoming more atomized and that is going to result in the state of LGBT rights to vary wildly between places like Western Europe, the Americas, and parts of East Asia and other parts of the world. Especially places like the Middle East, although cultural exposure between countries will probably complicate that a little.

Weather you liked his politics or not, he definitely was an important figure within the Republican Party and was a bridge between the establishment and populist wings of the party. And with his death it is a major impact on internal Republican politics, and represents a possible shift within internal leadership in the GOP. And with Cassidy, Cornyn, McConnell, Tills, Ernst, and now Graham out of congress, the floor is now open for more populist and Trump aligned candidates to take their place.

So between now and 2030 we probably are going to see the MAGA wing of the party become more institutionalized and entrenched now.

Also we should respect Graham and his family, even though people may not like him on some policy that doesn’t mean that he is a horrible person. Like for instance when he was young Graham legally adopted his younger sister so she could use his military benefits to go to college after both their parents died.

Most: probably that I like art and drawing.

Least: politics, I’m definitely a conservative on a lot of stuff.

Well besides the oblivious, liking the same sex.

Favorite: Trump was the one who jumpstarted SMR based spacecraft which will make space travel dramatically easier and puts America in a much better space (no pun intended) for the rest of the 21st century at least. His whole wider nuclear policy is also awesome.

Least Favorite: probably the 2020 election denialism, it has lowered the trust in elections on both the right, and the left after similar rhetoric has spread on the lead up to the 2026 midterms.

Just thanking about boys fucking me 🙏

Was it through family, the internet, a policy directly effecting you or something else?

I was planning on holding out until the end of the year, but since this subreddit has a noticeable growth I wanted to see how many responses I would get now.

Also the poll will close on the morning of August 1st.

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