8th November 2009, 6:49 PM
Weltall Wrote:The Republicans wouldn't be in the mess they're in if they spent more time being fiscal conservatives and waste less time being social conservatives.
Honestly. Abortion is a good thing. Gay marriage is a good thing. If you like neither, well, don't abort your kids and don't marry within your gender. But, denying these things to those who want them is nothing but spite. In no way does it affect you unless you choose to participate. It's why I changed my views on these topics.
Honestly, reading back on some of the discussions we had on the subject and reading the things I said leaves me quite embarrassed.
There acting like the old "European" right, That's why Fascism is considered right wing in Europe, General Franco of Spain was all about defending the established church and the "traditional misogynist values" , If you weren't a pious church going christian then you can just fuck off and die in a labor camp, Its only because of his staunch anti communism that our governments made bed fellows with that fucker.
American conservatism is supposed to be based on classical liberalism, The tv "conservative" pundits use "liberal" as a pejorative.