I have a very liberal co-worker and we get along (we never discuss politics) and she went on a rant about about trans rights and the ban on the transing of children in Texas and gave the usual screed about old white men and then she kept going on about how she couldn't believe anyone would be stupid enough to vote for Gov. Abbott. That was when I told her that I had voted for him and she was shocked and said she thought I was more progressive. I then asked her if a kid can tell you that he/she is the opposite sex and we have to take that as the gospel truth, then why can't a 10 year old tell me that he wants beer for him and his friends at his birthday party because he is mature enough to make such a decision. Heck, why have any restrictions for kids?
She told me it wasn't the same thing and walked away. I remember about 20 years ago someone told me that the end game for the lgbt activists (not the ones who truly want to be left alone of course) was pedophilia and I told him that he was being paranoid. Now, I fear that the day is common with the mainstream media will openly defend pedophilia once they can "normalize" a kid changing their sex.
You see it on this site as well and I get people throwing shit at me who don't like this being pointed out to them. Even at the most basic level I simply ask them "What have right wingers done for gamers?" they can't even defend the idea of being able to enjoy your own hobbies in peace. This is actually a big reason why things have gotten so shit socially which 'social' conservatives claim to care about, because we can't enjoy our hobbies anymore without some mouth breathing troon or a woman starting a catfight over fuck all we can't form long term relationships with each other and get to know people well, it's cancer.
Oh and yes, I've seen the way they're shifting as well, much of what Conservatives do revolve around trying to prove they're more left wing than the left is and they refuse to acknowledge the amount of people out there who despise the left with a passion. You see it in Trump quite often, he says things I agree with, then he has complete sperg moments and practically yells "I'M MORE LEFT WING THAN THE LEFTISTS ARE VOTE FOR ME! I'M THE BEST LEFTIST EVER LOOK AT THIS GOVERNMENT PROGRAM I INTRODUCED!" with the way he virtue signals at times about shit like the covid jabs.
Some Conservatives are genuine, some are controlled opposition, it's the grifters that bother me the most though because they're quite good at appearing conservative when they're really just out to generate a following and scam people.