No, I don't smoke pot because it's not healthy... or, sorry, I meant because it's not a mainstream idea yet.
Unless you lock step along with sjp, you are a conservative Machjo.
I support gay rights...
I support Native rights and reperations...
I support Prochoice...
I do not believe that religion has a place in our schools or our Gov't...
And yet, in sjp foggy eyes, I'm his typical caricature of a right winger.
Go figure.
Seems to the simplest way to be labeled a Con or right winger with sjp, is to disagree with him.
Machjo, correct me if I am wrong, but aren’t you a social conservative? What are your views on abortion, death penalty, gay marriage? On multiculturalism? Would you support tax increase by a government under any circumstances (such as to get rid of the budget deficit)?
Never mind, Machjo, you already answered my question, even as I was writing the previous post. That is what I thought, you are conservative on social issues.
Conservatism is not a monolith; there are all kinds of conservatives. There are economic conservatives (who are ideologically opposed to tax increases, no matter what the reason, or who opposed a legally mandated minimum wage). There are foreign policy conservatives. There are social conservatives.
I think you re a social conservative.
By the way, I also often sympathise with anarchists too and see no contradiction. Sure an anarchist society might not be able to enforce social conservative views, but it would break down national boundaries. It's something I could see as a compromise, which also shows how my social conservative views, though existant, really do take a backseat to my more progressive views.
They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder.
I've been absent from this thread since I bid adieu to SirJosephPorter in my post #47, on April 18th.
Needless to say, I am delighted to see that I was ahead of my time. I am delighted to see all the inevitable developments since. I am delighted that I am not the only one (by definition, on the extreme fringe) who finally managed to see thru a pompous peacock.
He will get the silent treatment from me from now on.
How about you?