I disagree entirely. Being a young white male with some moderately conservative ideals in [West coast city] makes you entirely unlikable by most people who find out. This is my first hand experience.
Being conservative is the new taboo.
Being conservative is the new taboo.
The former group is the ruling class in the US. The latter group is criminalized, shamed, and sometimes murdered.
Further, being gay can't harm someone else, while being conservative in a (theoretical) democracy certainly can hurt people.
> Are you suggesting that being conservative in the United States is somehow equivalent to being gay in Russia?
>> Yep. Assuming you live in SV, would you like to disprove me by putting a TRUMP 2020 sign on your lawn?[1]
In West Coast US a few people might refuse to date you.
These don't seem like the same thing.
Pretty sure I don't need to link to the California Republican Party website.