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by Forty Two » Thu Jun 14, 2018 7:02 pm
I'm not in the least a right-winger.
But, even if I had an agenda and was a right-winger, so what? Right wingers are not allowed to post here? Ratz is a site for friendly, rabid left-winger atheists only? Anti-Hillary posts are not allowed? Many people here have said they don't have a preference for either side, or an allegiance to either side, and are able to criticize Hillary as much as Trump. So what's wrong with criticizing Hillary? What's wrong with mocking her?
This notion that I'm a right winger is absolutely absurd - well, unless "right wing" now means: atheist, antitheist, pro-choice, anti-death penalty, pro-prison reform (actually in favor of disbanding and tearing down most prisons), pro legalization of almost all recreational drugs, pro civil rights (including non-discrimination laws in employment and public accommodations), pro-antitrust law and breakups of monopolies, oligopolies and anticompetitive trusts, pro-rights of the accused, pro-freedom of speech, pro-freedom of the press, and in favor of reasonable gun control legislation (including the banning of some guns), I am pro embryonic stem cell research including government funding thereof, I am pro-physician assisted suicide legalization with protections, I agree that science currently shows that humankind is significantly impacting climate change which is occurring, I oppose racial profiling, I am in favor expanding legal immigration (but, properly enforcing immigration law), I support the total separation of religion and government, I am in favor of same sex marriage (or, alternatively, the elimination of marriage from the legislation in favor of everyone engaging in domestic partnerships), I support a reasonable social safety net to help the poor and less fortunate.
That might be to the right of Chairman Mao or Antifa, but for the love of Pete, man, that's not "right winger" stuff. What, exactly, is it that you think makes me "right wing?" Mocking Hillary fucking Clinton?
“When I was in college, I took a terrorism class. ... The thing that was interesting in the class was every time the professor said ‘Al Qaeda’ his shoulders went up, But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity, you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity. You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” she continued. “... But you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.” - Ilhan Omar