What are some political issues where you disagree with most people of your political orientation?
I, contrary to many conservatives:
I’m a Dutch socialist, but
• I support using the military for global police actions, including removing Saddam from power(not because of the WMD, but on account of being EVIL)
• I do not believe that the over subsidised farmland we have in Holland counts as “Nature”, if it was up to me I would stop all subsidies and turn half of the land into residential/industrial zones and let the other half return into true nature(maybe we need to help it a bit)
I hold so many views contrary to those of my fellow conservatives, I think I’ve become a Libertarian.
Specifically:
[ul]
[li]I support full legalization of marijuana.[/li][li]I support legalization of all drugs and the establishment of free clinics so users can get their fix in a safe and controlled environment.[/li][li]I oppose government intervention in media (for example, attempting to ban violent video games; censorship; etc.).[/li][/ul]
There are at least a million other issues that I’m blanking on right now.
I oppose gun control. I can understand having reasonable controls, like not allowing people to buy military grade machine guns, but if you want to stock up on rifles and handguns to protect yourself that’s your business.
And plus when the Democrats try to do anything about it, they find it’s just a losing issue. It’s not a make or break issue for most independents. And of course taking a hardline on gun control isn’t going to win them any Republican converts. And a lot of liberals, while they may want stricter gun controls, don’t really care enough about the issue that they’re going to make it a top priority.
I’m so all over the place, since I analyze individual issues rather than subscribing to a platform of beliefs, that I don’t really fit in with any political demographic.
I’m pro: gay marriage, unrestricted personal arms ownership, abortion, drug legalization (and taxation), evolution and detailed family planning instruction and mass deportation.
I’m anti: Illegal immigrant amnesty, income tax, religious instruction in schools (except for the possible inclusion of a comparative religions module in sociology classes), corporate tax exemptions, universal health care and any other entitlement program.
Pretty much every elected official at any level ticks me off on one issue or another.
[ul][li]Pro-choice but anti-Roe v. Wade[/li][li]Pro-legalization of marijuana[/li][li]Anti-gay marriage by legislative fiat[/li][li]Pro-“death panels”[/li][li]Reagan Republican[/ul][/li]
Regards,
Shodan
I’m a liberal and I think the government should get out of the business of telling us what time it is – depending on what time of year.
Stupid daylight savings time. Let’s just spring forward 30 minutes in two weeks, and never touch our clocks again as long as we live.
Most would call me a liberal, but I
[ul][li] Support “tort reform”[/li][li] Oppose mandating employer-provided health insurance[/li][li] Accept the idea of preemptive war (Iraq War 2003 wasn’t immoral, just stupid)[/li][li] Support death penalty in principle (though not in practice)[/li][/ul]
(Actually I consider myself a centrist, but in today’s America “liberal” means centrist, “centrist” means right-winger; never-mind what today’s “right-wingers” are.)
Isn’t conventional thought that liberals don’t want it taught and conservatives do?
Errr…no 
. At least in the United States the normal objection to teaching evolution in schools is from religious conservatives who consider evolution to be incompatible with biblical precepts.
:smack: I put my brain in backwards today.
Moderate liberal American here, but:
I’m pro nuke. We need it. And build the Yucca Mountain facility, dammit.
I think a lot of our environmental protection statutes, while well-intentioned, are applied too broadly and need to be scaled back, or at least be applied more judiciously. Some of the things that get taxpayer-funded studies done are just absurd.
I think that communities that want to say a public prayer at football games and commencement ceremonies and such should be able to. Similarly, temporary displays of a manger scene (or a menorah, or what have you) should be allowable on publicly-owned property. These sorts of things seem far apart from the establishment of a state religion that the Framers sought (very wisely) to prevent.
Estate taxes are B.S. and should be abolished.
I think English should be formally declared the national language.
President Eisenhower put it best when he said:
“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.”
Ever citizen should be provided with a guaranteed minimum income sufficient to meet their basic needs for food, clothing, and shelter. This money will be provided with no strings attached whatsoever.
Marijuana should be legalized.
Income taxes should be steep on high income earners (70%+) and taxes on estates over 1 million should be 100%.
Critical thinking should be taught in schools.
Home schooling should be banned or at least heavily curtailed. Children should be exposed to other points of view and not insulated from the outside world by their parents.
In God We Trust should be taken off our currency, and Under God should be taken out of the pledge of allegiance.
The Fairness Doctrine should be reinstated.
End government subsidies for corn, which mostly goes to Big Agro and making High Fructose Corn Syrup.
Tax junk food at sufficient levels to pay for the damage it does to public health.
Don’t you mean Judicial Fiat? I didn’t think legislatures acted by “fiat.”
As for me, I’m generally liberal, with some libertarian leanings.
I don’t see that more gun control would work or needs to be implemented.
I don’t like the estate tax, at least not over rates of about 25%.
There are probably others.
I don’t think judiciaries do, either, so I don’t see how that would improve the statement. Pretty much the only “fiat” power in the United States is the executive order, and those can be overturned pretty easily.
Yes, I did - thanks.
Regards,
Shodan
I think all my views are idiosyncratic.
I think I’m probably closest in flavor to a libertarian, with a savory Bonapartist ripple.
Would anyone like to subscribe to my newsletter?
That depends. When you say you have a “savory Bonapartist ripple” does this mean you support the Metric system or that you’re planning on overthrowing the government and crowning yourself Emperor?
So I was off-track in thinking “Savory Bonapartist Ripple” was a new Ben and Jerry’s flavor?