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That's a funny way to put it but I can't say I disagree. I'd trade Hollywood for the White House and Congress with the right wingers any day.
Be careful what you wish for
That's a funny way to put it but I can't say I disagree. I'd trade Hollywood for the White House and Congress with the right wingers any day.
How do you suggest the left abandon the degenerates without throwing the baby out with the bathwater?
It seems to me that the right, such as in the area of welfare drug testing, wants to knowingly increase administrative costs in excess of what would be spent on said degenerates (resulting in lower spending efficiency and higher taxes) and also incidentally harm good, worthwhile people, just to send a message by excluding those degenerates, etc.
If you can’t do this there is a problem.
1. I respect that the right isn’t idealistic to a fault and recognizes the importance of party loyalty.
The left
- More open to progressive views (I'm not talking about more extreme views like trannies in girls' bathrooms)
- The positive outlook and belief that mass-immigration will work and improve countries. I wish I wasn't so pessimistic myself.
I Will do one for the right as Well!I'm surprised you listed the left as the opposite ideology, I've seen a lot of your posts as very central
it doesnt count when the left does itWouldn't you say you are doing something similar with a post like this? The whole point of the thread is to try to look for positives and you chose to go out of the way to criticize and marginalized your opposition even in here.
If you can’t do this there is a problem.
1. I respect that the right isn’t idealistic to a fault and recognizes the importance of party loyalty.
2. I admire the ability of people on the right to enjoy pop culture (film, music, art etc) that is generally dismissive of their beliefs.
Can you elaborate on your perceived distinction between Hillary and Bill in the should-be eyes of conservatives?
Personally, I agree that she is more worthy of respect than Bill according to a lot of my values, but I'm not sure I can impute that to "traditional conservatives." Are you just saying that along the lines of Bill's infidelities?
Just curious: what proportion of those "parasites" being redeemable toward productivity would be enough to excuse defending them to you?
I can only presume you're talking about the lower class, including welfare recipients, the homeless, persons in prison, etc. Do you not feel there is sufficient data showing that those masses respond positively to downward wealth distribution and providing of economic opportunity? Surely there is enough to at least create some doubt about their being naturally parasitic, no?
Yeah, it seems people are saying what PEOPLE aligned with their general ideology do worse than the ones aligned with the opposite ideology.
For example, I realize there is a huge distrust in science among the right that usually falls into absurd conspiracy theories or pure idiocy(Alex Jones), but I wouldn't consider young earth creationism type right wing ideology to be my ideology. I believe I fall to the right because I believe people are fundamentally different and I believe authoritarianism has its place, in certain situations, not because I think global warming is fake or Pizzagate is true.