Commentary I received a phone call on my radio show from a man who said, “Dennis, I’m a gay conservative actor in Hollywood, and it is far easier to come out of the closet as gay than as a conservative.” That call was in the 1980s. While the current cancel culture—the firing, humiliation, disparagement, and smearing—of conservatives is exponentially worse today than 30 years ago, it is not new. As a result, the great majority of Americans who are conservative—that is, about half the country—hide their true beliefs. They fear saying anything that differs with the Left. This would include such reprehensible sentiments as: With all its flaws, America is the finest country ever made. Men do not give birth. There are only two sexes. A person’s color is the least important thing about them. The greatest problem in black life is not whites but a lack of fathers. A …