Why do you support the right?

[mactbone]

I'm a corporate whore.

Seriously, the economic policies I like. Basically I want a government that leaves me alone and protects me from all the dumb****s out there.

[Vesayen]

because they are all pinko communists

[notyoueither]

Without Liberty, Law loses its nature and its name, and becomes oppression. Without Law, Liberty also loses its nature and its name, and becomes licentiousness. - James Wilson

[Ned]

I agree with notyoueither's posts on the whole.

I believe in economic freedom, but do recognize that anti-trust laws are needed to restrain the likes of Bill Gates. From this basic impulse, most everything else follows.

I believe in democracy, human rights and liberty. I also believe in the rule of law - and law enforcement.

I believe in freedom of speech, freedom of religion and freedom from state religion.

I also believe that when one can, one should promote, even with force, democracy and humane rights abroad. Dictatorships of any form, from tyrannies to one party rule, are evil and must be ended.

[Saras]

Ok:

Who the phuck are other people to tell the sovereign me what to do with me (legal dope!), my life (equality of race, sex, religion etc) and my money (social services, free education and medicine - one should have more faith in people being nice to each other )? That is my me, life and money! And society = shmociety. I don't like more than half of the jerks out there an don't want to be associated with them in some "society".

Oh, and farmers are just folks. Imagine if I were making wooden dildos and was getting huge subsidies, just cause if I didn't get them I'd block a major port of road.

Disclaimer: just found a new brand of weissbier in local market, just finished my 8th

[civman2000]

And that was a typo, anti-pro choice was what I meant to type. I am against murder.

THen why do you support the death penalty .

[Lefty Scaevola]

Re: Why do you support the right?

Originally posted by Zulu Elephant
this is NOT a flame against right wingers

liar

[Giancarlo]

Originally posted by civman2000


THen why do you support the death penalty .

Because it is for people who kill other people.

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by Fez


Because it is for people who kill other people.

I guess you should of said "I'm against murder some of the time"

[MrFun]

I am a moderate liberal, but I can try to objectively understand where the moderate conservative right comes from.

They believe that the less regulations on corporations, the better; although, after the scandals with a couple of huge corporations, Bush has appeared to advocate tougher rules.

They also believe in that there are certain morals that should be universally imposed; such as sodomy laws.
Although, two months ago, Bush has signed into law, giving death benefits to gay couples that are federal government employees.

The conservative right also believes that giving the upper class larger tax reductions or breaks, will trickle down to benefit the middle class (I think this thinking is fallicious IMO).

The conservative right also usually sees our nation as a Christian nation under one true God.


The reason for these fundamental positions??
That depends on the individual conservative; they all have had different life experiences that influenced their decision to become conservative in their values.

[Imran Siddiqui]

I am 'right' wing because I don't believe the government should have too much power over the people. Too much oppertunity for abuse and inefficiency.

[MrFun]

Imran, yet, conservatives are the ones who advocate preserving the anachronistic sodomy laws.

Talk about increased government power in people's lives.

[Giancarlo]

Originally posted by MrFun
Imran, yet, conservatives are the ones who advocate preserving the anachronistic sodomy laws.

We all are? You might be referring to some.

They believe that the less regulations on corporations, the better; although, after the scandals with a couple of huge corporations, Bush has appeared to advocate tougher rules.

Yes you are right. But tougher rules doesn't exactly mean regulations, if the procedures are followed then corporations are free to do what they want if not the law enforcement has the right to investigate. And this is coming from somebody who scored a 6 on the economic scale in one political test... with that political compass.

They also believe in that there are certain morals that should be universally imposed; such as sodomy laws.

Not all conservatives are for that. Well I am not.

The conservative right also believes that giving the upper class larger tax reductions or breaks, will trickle down to benefit the middle class (I think this thinking is fallicious IMO).

That is because you mis-stated what most conservatives support. They support across the board tax cuts... maybe the rich get more but the middle class still gets a decent amount.

You can think whatever you want but I think that tax cuts are economically vital.

The conservative right also usually sees our nation as a Christian nation under one true God.

Usually? With I do respect, stop making these generalizations. I am not a exception when it comes to that... there are many more like me who do not believe that.

MrFun, you have good ideas.. but generally are mistakened about what some conservatives stand for.

The political compass score actually placed me more to the right-authoritarian scale but if you consider I am not really authoritarian at all. It was something like 6 for economics, and 3 for authoritarian.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Who said I'm a conservative? Or brought up conservative... or are you one of those hopeless cases that say right wing = conservative?

[MrFun]

Imran, what would the difference be between a conservative and a right wing??
You can be a moderate conservative, and be moderately right wing.

And Fez, where did I say that what I stated applies to all conservatives??