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If your views are in favour of the repression and marginalisation of others then you will find yourself in the minority in the left coast. I'm sorry, the right

by yardie 10y ago

If your views are in favour of the repression and marginalisation of others then you will find yourself in the minority in the left coast. I'm sorry, the right hold some pretty reprehensible views on gay marriage, police brutality, the poor and working class, and women's rights. Then, when they are called on their bullshit all of the sudden they are the victim. The rest of the world does not apologise if reality has a liberal bias.

CapitalistCartr 10y ago
This is the most simplistic, binary thinking. Coke vs. Pepsi. There is more to the World than "Left vs. Right". Such as economic vs. Social. Authoritarian vs. Libertarian is another sliding scale axis and probably more relevant here.
- yardie 10y ago
  Just saying there are two sides doesn't make it so. In all the debates there is the right and there is everyone else. Examples: Gun control: The right, absolutely no controls. Everyone else is a sliding scale of limited access, limited capacity to complete removal. The right has set themselves apart by not even wanting to negotiate. There is no sliding scale to them. Elected politicians that want to stay elected adhere to Grover Norquist and the Bush Doctrine. What's the sliding scale on that?
Chris2048 10y ago
called on their bullshit == fired and harassed? The behaviour here is the repression and marginalisation of a political group, deemed unworthy.
- unprepare 10y ago
  >The behaviour here is the repression and marginalisation of a political group, deemed unworthy. a political group is something you choose to be a part of. This is significantly different from, say, skin color.
  - Chris2048 10y ago
    significantly different in the sense that now it's ok to be repressed and marginalised? First, what of religious groups? Second, there's' a bit of a slight of hand here. Many political groups claims to be representative of "demographic" groups, or at least the distinction isn't clear. Are pro-Israel groups demographic or political groups. What about about demographic groups that disseminate political opinions and actively get involved in political discourse?

by yardie 10y ago

CapitalistCartr 10y ago

This is the most simplistic, binary thinking. Coke vs. Pepsi. There is more to the World than "Left vs. Right". Such as economic vs. Social. Authoritarian vs. Libertarian is another sliding scale axis and probably more relevant here.

yardie 10y ago
Just saying there are two sides doesn't make it so. In all the debates there is the right and there is everyone else. Examples: Gun control: The right, absolutely no controls. Everyone else is a sliding scale of limited access, limited capacity to complete removal. The right has set themselves apart by not even wanting to negotiate. There is no sliding scale to them. Elected politicians that want to stay elected adhere to Grover Norquist and the Bush Doctrine. What's the sliding scale on that?

Chris2048 10y ago

called on their bullshit == fired and harassed? The behaviour here is the repression and marginalisation of a political group, deemed unworthy.

unprepare 10y ago
>The behaviour here is the repression and marginalisation of a political group, deemed unworthy. a political group is something you choose to be a part of. This is significantly different from, say, skin color.
- Chris2048 10y ago
  significantly different in the sense that now it's ok to be repressed and marginalised? First, what of religious groups? Second, there's' a bit of a slight of hand here. Many political groups claims to be representative of "demographic" groups, or at least the distinction isn't clear. Are pro-Israel groups demographic or political groups. What about about demographic groups that disseminate political opinions and actively get involved in political discourse?