Question:
Am I a liberal or conservative?
Jason
2012-08-14 11:44:57 UTC
I support Gay Marriage, legalizing marijuana, abortion, and public healthcare.
I also support the 2nd Amendment, Border Control, the death penalty, and revoking Affirmative Action.
Twelve answers:
KevinM
2012-08-14 12:36:54 UTC
You certainly seem to be a social liberal - all the top line items are liberal social points.



You seem to be libertarian with your second-line items.



However - it's conspicuous that you don't say ANYTHING about any fiscal issues whatsoever! I'm guessing you're young (in college?) and haven't earned a paycheck yet to see how much the government forcibly takes away from you. How do you feel about the government taking 30-40% of your paycheck by force? That might change your position on some other items...
2012-08-14 11:50:49 UTC
I've got a similar dilemma. Except I support gay marriage, legalising maryjane and public healthcare. I also support the 2nd amendment, border control and revoking affirmative action. I can't support abortion because it is murder and I can't support the death penalty because what if someone gets executed and new evidence comes up that shows that they're innocent? As for your question I've found that I can't vote unless a new political party arrives...
?
2016-10-21 11:34:31 UTC
convinced, properly this purely demonstrates that maximum folk finally end up being a contradiction in words. are you able to call that a paradox? provided that the different is actual of route. to even if liberal conservatism might want to properly be embraced through those conservatives who're extra liberal than truly conservative, i imagine, is something that would want to be debated liberally in a conservatory way.
2012-08-14 11:48:48 UTC
Clearly, you have a mix of liberal and conservative positions.



Much of what you say is libertarian, but public healthcare sort of sticks out like a sore thumb as a non-libertarian position.



I suppose you're taking policy on an issue-by-issue basis instead of swallowing an entire ideology whole. And while I don't agree with some of your conclusions, I respect that.
Kati
2012-08-14 11:55:34 UTC
People don't fit into one neat ideological or political box. You have some strong liberal values and some strong conservative values and some that both parties favor to some extent or another. I'd say you are who you claim to be.
no
2012-08-14 11:56:40 UTC
Liberal: the Infanticide is the pin that holds you down. Murdering innocent babies is only the mark of a liberal.
2012-08-14 11:48:16 UTC
You're liberal. The public healthcare part is a huge liberal thing.
Yukiko Asakura
2012-08-14 11:48:53 UTC
independent! we make our minds up on an issue by issue basis & not let someone else tell us what to think.



with this election coming up i'm getting sick of the extremes on both sides.
Liberals sequester from fact
2012-08-14 14:25:13 UTC
So you support socialism and immorality and also want to protect yourself from it.
?
2012-08-14 11:53:12 UTC
You don't need a label. Just be yourself.



Once you label me you negate me.

Soren Kierkegaard
2012-08-14 11:49:44 UTC
you are a statist. party affiliation is irrelevant
2012-08-14 11:48:24 UTC
It sounds more liberal to me.


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