This type of response is exactly what the original poster was trying not to entertain. Everyone here could go to their Facebook to listen to their least favorite family member spout a response like yours. Add something of substance next time.
It's amazing how so many here have misinformation on firearms and are convinced they know what they're talking about.. These beta males need some help..
This type of response is exactly what the original poster was trying not to entertain. Everyone here could go to their Facebook to listen to their least favorite family member spout a response like yours. Add something of substance next time.
I'm interested to know how you came by such a belief, can you source any mainline conservative thinker in this millennium that espouses opposition to equality for all? All should be aware that guilt by association is a logical fallacy.As a classical liberal, I would like to know why conservatives are so opposed to the proposition that all persons are created equal, and yet still consider themselves patriotic constitutionalists. As It would seem self-evident that one can't be a 'strict constitutionalist' while opposing equal protection of the laws, yet that is what conservatives do.
Yeah, I agree with you there. You reference the authoritarian wing, which sadly finds just enough friends on the left side of the aisle to cause problems for the more libertarian amongst us, notably the continued insane "War on Drugs." Authoritarianism doesn't really have a party affiliation. Each "side" has pet freedoms they want to allow, and chosen demons that must be eradicated.Or why they claim to believe to believe in small government, but want a government big enough to protect people from "eating too many cheetos" (marijuana) or to control the voluntary associations of consenting adults (same sex marriage)
Talk to the unions about that first point. As to the second, you might be engaging in a bit of coded language? I don't want to assume, though. If you mean opposition to unlimited immigration, say so.And also why they claim to be for free market capitalism while supporting protectionist trade policies and opposing the free movement of labor.
I'm interested to know how you came by such a belief, can you source any mainline conservative thinker in this millennium that espouses opposition to equality for all? All should be aware that guilt by association is a logical fallacy.
Yeah, I agree with you there. You reference the authoritarian wing, which sadly finds just enough friends on the left side of the aisle to cause problems for the more libertarian amongst us, notably the continued insane "War on Drugs." Authoritarianism doesn't really have a party affiliation. Each "side" has pet freedoms they want to allow, and chosen demons that must be eradicated.
Talk to the unions about that first point. As to the second, you might be engaging in a bit of coded language? I don't want to assume, though. If you mean opposition to unlimited immigration, say so.
I appreciate that your assertions come from a belief system that is earnest, yet you don't provide any evidence to support them. I could enumerate many slanderous accusations that conservatives make against the left as a whole that are also unsupported. The tendency is to take the actions and beliefs of the fringe and impute them to entire group. Maybe it's because the fringes are so loud and outrageous that they command our attention and spur our imaginations and fears. It's the means by which we are led into conflict with one another.It's not guilt by association, opposition to equality for all is THE defining characteristic of conservatism. What else is it do you suppose that conservatives are conserving if not the status quo wherein persons are not born equal? Liberalism is the philosophy that gave us the 2nd paragraph of the Declaration of Indepence, conservatism was and still is the opposite, the belief that some are born with the "divine right" to rule over the rest of us.
At least it's clear now what you meant! I've been a bit back and forth on nationalism. Cheap labor is not all that great for wage stability, yet we are called upon to accept those who wish to come. There's a whole world of debate (pardon the pun) on the concept of nation states that transcends party politics. I used to joke that the only way the world would unite is if aliens attacked, which is a little funny to mention given your avatar.And it's not 'coded language,' immigration is a perfect example of the inequality from birth that conservatism holds most dear. If you're born on one side of an imaginary line, you have different rights than if you're born on the other side of that imaginary line.
I'm not as afraid to admit confusion as I used to be, that's for sure. Age will do that. But I do get suspicious of those who seem a bit too certain of their own righteousness. It smacks of evangelism. We're all blind to our foibles and ought to learn to trust others to illuminate them for us. I'm right of center, and more libertarian than authoritarian. I'll take exception to your assertion that I can't exist, for now.I think your confusion, shared by many others these days, lies in the belief that there is a libertarian conservative. There isn't. That's a contradiction in terms. There are conservative liberals though.
Ok, Guns it is!
Republican here. Gun Supporter, Gun Owner.
So why is the Left (I am going to generalize, so be aware) so adamant that regulations of firearms is the answer to gun violence? Or that less guns to law abiding citizens directly equals less guns for criminals. Owning a gun and open carry has proven to be as good of a deterrent of gun crime as anything else.
No, why hang a sign around your neck? That's not to say you should have an allergy to taking positions and agreeing with some people more or less.If I oppose generally accepted right wing doctrine/practices does that make me a liberal?
It's also amazing that some who've received a Daisy cork gun while growing up have become self professed experts on the matter.It's amazing how so many here have misinformation on firearms and are convinced they know what they're talking about.. These beta males need some help..
It's also amazing that some who've received a Daisy cork gun while growing up have become self professed experts on the matter.
Oh geez I guess the U.S. Army failed to teach me right then?The info used by you and others is so far off that any person that has been around guns knows just from common sense and experience. Keep getting your gun facts from CNN and you'll look like an idiot..
Breitbart at the time SB was in charge stated they wanted to provide a home for the "alt-right".You (the OP) asked for proof for if the president is racist. So I did research on Steve Bannon who used to be an adviser to him. Apparently the news service he worked for, Breitbart News, has libertarian and populist articles in addition to alt right articles. And Bannon said he is opposed to the racist views of some of the alt right opinions that get printed in Breitbart. And that those views are a small part of Brietbart News
I thought it would be easy to prove Bannon is a racist and he may be but I'm still researching it. I haven't yet proved he's racist imo. I'm an Independent in CA who leans to the left. I certainly hope someone provides proof if Bannon is a racist. Then the president can be correctly accused of racism for hiring him in the first place. Even though he was ousted later.
It's been mentioned in the thread the racism of the president and some of his associates are all around us. Fine but let's get proof for it from things said by his friends or him like in the next paragraph. Can't be that hard. Or maybe some think I'm on your side which I'm not.
I think the President is a racist and the main proof I have is his statement that he planned to ban all or most Muslims from airline flights to the U.S. He scaled it back to less than 10 countries but to make a statement like that shows he's a racist. Maybe it's the proof you asked for. Your argument against it may be he was approaching it only from a security standpoint and not something racial. But I wouldn't buy it and maybe it can be debated in the thread.
As far as the president delaying speaking out against the alt right in the Charlottesville riot: I guess you could interpret the delay as racist? Not sure that's enough. So with some more digging something should come up besides his Muslim ban statement. And that's enough imo anyway. I've looked up things on Bannon, maybe another can try with some other former or current adviser to the president or one of his cabinet leaders.
Oh geez I guess the U.S. Army failed to teach me right then?
Guys like you make me ROFL.Well could be you fail yourself? I don't know really or care because you implying you served means you know more about guns. But with that supposed knowledge you fail to correct any of your internet friends.
Post your gpa again. That's very impressive.Guys like you make me ROFL.
Guys like you make me ROFL.
I dont know, I haven't read the thread yet. But I'm willing to bet that it descended into petty name calling and people shouting over each other by page 3.Did he have his argument?
Even more LOL's.Typical Soy Boy argument when you have no more BS to feed.
Typical Soy Boy argument when you have no more BS to feed.
You can tell that he's already uptight based upon his posts.Hey speedy how is it going? Your wife liking her new bulls?