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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Thank you Maher and Sanders for asking that question. However, it's been asked before and I doubt we'll actually get an answer. With an entire party openly dedicated to making Obama look bad, he could be the second coming of Jesus and they'd still be against him.
Aaand, they're still on Benghazi. I have full sympathy for the mother that lost her son, but Benghazi has already been investigated and I think concluded to be something that simply went terribly wrong. And didn't have enough security because of budget cuts. There is no conspiracy here, just a tragedy that no one could have fully predicted.
Okay I know a lot of libertarians aren't the most knowledgeable about politics but could someone explain this logic.
I'll go point by point.
1. Christianity is freedom? How? You're forced to serve a higher power. Sure It's benevolent but it sounds closer to slavery than freedom.
2. The Tea Party and Ron Paul are not the same thing? Huh?
3. Fascism is not the same thing as Nazism and both are less radical than socialism?
4. What the hell is anarchism doing on the slavery side? That's the opposite of what it is.
5. Everything that's not Christianity or Ron Paul is left wing, even the Tea Party and Republicans? The fuck?
Did the person just pick random words that supposedly signify bad things and arrange them in an arbitrary order?
edited 7th Apr '13 4:38:12 PM by Kostya
Politicus USA is a pretty crappy source even as far as heavily biased glorified blogs go — like, they're up there with Fox pundits. While the Boehner article wouldn't surprise me, it was completely unsourced, and the one about the birther seemed more concerned with inflammatory sarcasm than presenting reliable info.
Local bishops are always eager to throw in their cents (generally lining up with their local demographic), but the RCC itself didn't endorse Romney, or anyone. The only official statements were blanket condemnations of the usual issues that were hostile to both sides of the fence (abortion, contraception, economic injustice), and to lambast Paul Ryan in particular for trying to use his Catholicism as a stamp for his own nightmarishly regressive policy.
edited 7th Apr '13 4:49:40 PM by Pykrete
The Tea Party is a very radical Conservative group.
Ron Paul is a blend of radial Libertarianism and Constitutionalism
Ron Paul is way to isolationist and honest about America's past mistakes for the Tea Party's tastes. Plus he's against Drug Prohibition.
EDIT: I can't help but feel my knowing of this is due to me spending way to much time on Free Republic.
There are indeed differences between Mussolini & Franco's Fascism and Hitler's Nazism.
Nazism combines Fascism with Socialism (in the same way Scandinavian nations combine Capitalism and Socialism), and dials the Social Conservatism up to a point where Il Duce wouldn't even dare.
Of course, by this logic Nazism should be considered more radical than Fascism and Socialism.
EDIT: I also spend way to much time on Stormfront.
I'm at a lost on all the other questions.
edited 7th Apr '13 6:20:39 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016![]()
Of course most of the Socialism in the Nazi party got purged during the Night of Long Knives... replaced by corporatism. But anyone who replaces either fascism or Nazism to the left of socialism (or anywhere besides the right wing) is either delusional or a liar.
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Actually its Far-Right totalitarianism (ideologically driven government with a charismatic leader that concentrates power), calling it Centre-Right is a massive disservice to all the moderate modern conservatives/parties out there who fit in that position on the spectrum.
To quote Wikipedia.
Nazi Economics are hard to identify because the Nazis never had a clearly defined economic programme.
This is largely because Hitler didn't give a shit about economics.
And in all honesty, the singe-line left–right political spectrum is a horrible way to categorize ideologies.
edited 7th Apr '13 6:59:22 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016Bill Clinton: Voters will have ‘some very good choices for president'
On a Political Compass style scale where left-right is of purely economic issues (and hard-assedness of authority is on a separate axis), the Nazis were pretty much all over the center area. They had a lot of leftist social programs and nationalized a ton of businesses, but didn't really support the schema all that well as things dragged on and were probably just right of center by the end. At the very least, yes, they did live up to the socialism title in essence, and no, it didn't really have that much to do with why they were batshit insane on the whole.
edited 7th Apr '13 7:29:25 PM by Pykrete
Putting policies on an oversimplified axis is just a way to package up policies for people who don't want to go to the effort of actually studying the consequences of adopting those policies.
Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.@ deathpigeon
That's the message I got from that as well.
Bill is being as subtle as a punch to the face.
Biden holds off on salary cut for now
Both a compass and a spectrum are inadequate ways to categorize all the different economic ideologies. Frankly, the only definitive way to do it is to actually take the time to research the positions you're talking about yourself.
Except for 4/1/2011. That day lingers in my memory like...metaphor here...I should go.

1: she doesnt define how far ahead of time
2: its not a typewriter
3: if she honestly thinks her son is the onlycasualty of viokence against an embassy, she's an entitled moron.