TheRealMafoo said:
Your points that I agree with:
- I am an atheist,
- I am pro-choice
- I think pre-marital sex is acceptable
- I think war should be used only in extreme circumstances
- I support gay marriage
- I think all people from all races, creeds and backgrounds deserve equal rights
- I enjoy the occasional drink
- I read the guardian
- I like Obama
- I think prostitution would benefit for being legalised
- the same for some of the less harmful drugs
- I support the freedom of speech
- I like renewable energy and I think it should be supported
- I'm proud.
The only one I don't is “I support better gun control”.
The issue with Liberals is this list is all the freedoms you think people should have. You did not list all the ones you think people shouldn't have (other then Gun Control).
An ultra conservative could make a list of all the freedoms he thinks people should have, and I would agree with his list too.
The problem I have with Conservatives and Liberals, is they are the opposite side of the same coin. Both want to take away your freedoms, the only difference is the freedoms they think you don't deserve.
I think as a free nation, all of our freedoms belong to us, and neither party has a right to take any of them away.
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I think some people confuse you as an ultra conservative because your stance often contradicts several left wing ideologies without the understanding that you are staunchly on the side of deregulating/downsizing government (something most liberal/labour/green view as the other side of the left-right spectrum).
I have come to respect your political viewpoints because they have offered something I haven't thought about previously, although I find myself agreeing and disagreeing with you at the same time because I've been unable to come up with a proper way of deciding where government should stand on these issues.
I do have a question for you though, do yo feel that government should hold corporations or businesses to the same freedoms that individuals should have, or should corporations and businesses be held to different set of ideals than individuals (as I'm mainly alluding to restricting the rights that corporations and businesses have/should have).
