General

Without taking any sides whatsoever, there are two things which come to mind. Firstly, personality wise people who lean right often have higher disgust sensitivity, lower openness to experience, and put more value in adherence to social rules, all of which seem to me to act against respectively accepting one's body, curiosity about the experience of being fat, and the willingness to make heterodox life choices.
Secondly, the fat acceptance / liberation / positivity sphere which overlaps with us to some extent, draws on ideas from left leaning radical social justice type movements which are poison for right wing people. The feedism scene is quite clearly distinct but unless you're immersed in it, it probably all looks like some strand of revolutionary fat politics from a great enough distance.
Also, since this scene does seem to tilt strongly left, the people here who are inclined towards the right are probably reading the room and keeping quiet about their politics to some extent.
Personally I'd like to see more of a balance because I don't think this *should* have a political valence one way or the other, and I suspect there are a fair few fat conservatives who's lives would be improved by embracing their bodies.

Devilled eggs are delicious, and you have a point. Those church ladies know what they're doing.

Which is interesting because some of the most conservative states are states with the highest rates of obesity. We have seen a large amount of conservatives running for office who are considered obese.

I agree it's great that this is one of those forums politics has stayed out and I hope we can keep it that way

I will agree hard to this one! Because yeah with the fact that we even got to this point where everything has to be policed and politicized is exhausting. Especially when we’re talking about the echo chambers that dogpile you for trying to say something reasonable.