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Oh yes they are. Remember the leftists are for more illegals. It's the left that wants that. Do ALL left leaning people want that? No. But it IS a leftist thing.
Just like we in the right have to acknowledge that there are radicals on the right that are white supremacists. It's a thorn in our side that I wish could be removed. But there is no way to do it other than verbally castigate them.
The left highly supports illegal immigration and there are radicals on the left that are for total open boarders. Most on the left are not for that, but they do supports policies that have very similar effects that play out that way.
In response to Trumps call to deport millions Harris tweeted “Let’s call this what it is: an attempt to remake the demographics of our country by cracking down on immigrants. That this threat is coming from the President of the United States is deeply reprehensible and an affront to our values. We will fight this.”
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No, It's pretty obvious you get your opinion from Far right media.
Even in this conversation, I can tell you don't listen to people. You keep telling me that I am left when I keep telling you I am centre right.
No, not at all. Very few, if any, are for open boarders.
I have not seen anyone in this forum propose doing away with border control or immigration laws.
"Radical left" is just a propaganda term used by Trump and his minions.
What do you actually mean when you describe someone as "radical left" Who would fit into this category and what position of theirs would make them radical?
This is not true. As far as I am aware the USA left are supportive of border control and immigration laws and policy.
As far as I am aware, most left leaning USA people do not want to abolish ICE.
Nope, this isn't true. Where do you get your information from?
It's funny because I search for articles about what you are saying, and the articles on the topic say something very different from what you are saying
Non-citizen voting rights gain traction as immigrants vote in SF Unified school board recall
The push for voting rights to be extended to non-citizens of the United States is gaining momentum as immigrants prepare to vote in the upcoming San Francisco Unified school board recall election on Tuesday, February 15.
There is nothing in that article about "illegals". The profile a man named Raj
However, under the law, Raj, an immigrant from India in the U.S. on a work visa, can vote in the upcoming San Francisco Unified school board recall election.
Raj isn't an illegal.
I have it on good authority that both Biden and Warren, and also Harris, and AoC and Sanders all drink water. Does this mean that drinking water is a Leftist thing?
It doesn't help your argument to point to American politicians as evidence on whether something is left wing politics. You need to refer to underpinning ideology. What is it about commonly accepted left wing ideology that would lead a left wing person to want open boarders????
And don't limit your thinking to USA. Think about non situational ideology?
What??????
Did you read and understand what I said, because this statement of yours shows me that you didn't understand. I said I am socially left but fiscally right.
Everytime I fill out online questionnaires the result they give me is that I am centre right.
I don't quite see the world as a set of boxes that I need to fit everything into. That is an overly simplistic thing to do. Socially I tend to agree with "left" as I support diversity and autonomy and I respect consenting adults and I don't want government dictating people's personal choices for them.
Fiscally I tend to agree with the "right" more than the "left", I don't like Unions, I don't like handouts, I don't like too much regulation, I respect market forces. However, I recognise that the people with the money naturally gain all the power and can abuse that to control and bully the poor. I don't go with things because they are perceived as right or left. I use my own brain to come up with my own thoughts. I don't mind holding positions which are considered "left" and I don't mind holding positions which are considered "right", I am close to center, I am a pragmatist rather than an idealist. I don't see a battle between right vs left.
On the other hand I see you as being hyper partisan, with a seeming need to paint everything as right vs left. If it is your desire to distance yourself from and fight everything that the left stands for then you are allowing the left to dictate your thoughts (albeit the opposite thoughts). You appear to want to politicise and polarise everything.
Masks, shutdowns and vaccines do work. My country is proof of that.
We used masks and shutdowns very strongly at the beginning of the pandemic and we irradicated the disease entirely from our community. Delta came along and we couldn't irradicate it, but we did control it.
We got our vaccine rates up and now we are quickly removing restrictions, the disease is spreading through our country, the unvaccinated people are seeing high death and hospitalisation rates, the vaccinated are seeing low death and hospitalisation rates. Over all we have saved thousands of lives because of our efforts.
The death rate of unvaccinated is 1%, the death rate of vaccinated is 0.1%
Having use of masks and lockdowns bought us time to get our population vaccinated.
In USA you have 360 million people. 1% of that is 3.6m, 0.1% is 360K. You had 360K unavoidable deaths, but your death tally is 987K, you have done horrendously badly in combating Covid.
It's not a left thing. In the beginning of the Pandemic USA was run by the Republicans who controlled the white house, the senate and the house of representatives. The Republican run government put together a Covid taskforce, led by Pence (a republican) and this taskforce led the charge, recommending masks, and social distancing.
The WHO the CDC, the scientists, are not leftists, they made recommendations. For some unknown reason Trump and far right media chose to oppose all the official recommendations, and later went so weird that they were recommending crank medicines rather than the official scientific recommended medicines.
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Have you actually read Letters from a Birmingham Jail? You don't seem to know much about King. Your characterization of him is superficial.
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I have come to find there really are far fewer centrists than there used to be. I know you are not center right because I am. You are definitely left leaning. Just the fact that you are socially leftist and fairly strong leftist makes you not center right but center left if you are center at all.
I haven't come to any conclusions on your fiscal stance cause we haven't discussed it too much.
But your social leftism is quite strong.
You might be surprised on my stances regarding social issues. At least in some of them.
The reason I fight so hard is the fact that the left is doing all they can to turn this country on it's ear with it's radical agenda.
Rich vs poor
The rich-poor gap in America is obscene. So let's fix it – here's how » Senator Bernie Sanders
White vs black
Yes, All White People Are Racist
Women vs men
Constant attacks on men using words like toxic masculinity, rape culture, male privilege, patriarchy.
160+ Examples of Male Privilege in All Areas of Life
The right is constantly accused of bigotry, racism, sexism homophobia, transphobia hatred of brown people etc ad nauseam.
Of course I'm going to fight back. I'm tired of being the whipping boy for every leftist ideology out there.
You know I don't care care what consenting adults do in their bedroom. Just don't push it onto the children.
I don't care you want to chop off your body parts to be a boy or girl as an adult. But don't teach kids it's okay.
I believe in freedom. Freedom to wear a mask or not wear one. Freedom to get a vaccine or not get one. Freedom to run your business and not be forced to shut down your livelihood.
I don't care where back people live, work, eat or sleep or go to school. It's a free country,.do what you want. They are just a bright and capable as anyone else. They can do whatever they want and i hope they do. I could care less if they are my neighbor or my boss despite what the left says.
I think there should be equal pay for equal work.
I believe in safety nets for those that really need it.
I believe gays should be allowed to get married if they want. Just don't ask me to join in the celebration or make a cake for it.
I will accept abortions to protect the mother from harm.
I believe there has been terrible racism and injustice to backs in the past.
But the left stops the insanity. Never compromises and keeps pushing further and further.
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Everything I posted is accurate.
Harvard-Harris Poll: 76% of Registered Voters Do Not Support ‘Open Borders’
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10025539392
COVID-19: Democratic Voters Support Harsh Measures Against Unvaccinated
85% Of Democrats Believe CRT Is ‘Good For America,’ Poll Finds
2020 Dems Overwhelmingly Back Decriminalizing Border Crossings In 2nd Debate
https://www.cato.org/blog/poll-72-a...-improve-their-lives-53-say-ability-immigrate
Oh and see post #91.
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King was dealing with what was happening back then, before civil rights. It was quite accurate to speak of the oppressed and oppressors for there was great oppression. Particularly in the south. I've got no issues with his wording.
But like I said, we've came a very long way since then. Blacks are not oppressed and whites are not oppressors. And racial relationships were getting better and better until the left decided to start attacking white people who were just going about their business and calling them privileged racist people. And along came the we are all still oppressors and blacks are still being oppressed.
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Yes it is.
This so-called 'anti-racism' ideology is itself deeply racist
By proclaiming white people are inherently racist you are being racist towards white people. Making the assumption they are inherently racist by virtue of the color of their skin. That's racist.
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As I have said many times, I am left in the social sense, because I believe in freedom and diversity.
But I am right in the fiscal sense.
Because I like capitalism and market forces, I just think there needs to be some level of government oversight.
That is your opinion, but as I said, all online tests I have done, have told me I am centre right.
No, and that is a large failing of USA, you guys fight and bicker over these wedge issues. But don't really discuss policies or finances.
I would say it is pretty centerist for the majority of developed democratic western nations. USA is an extreme case. Not very representative of the western world.
I don't consider what Biden and Harris are doing is radical at all, they are going with the norm. Trump on the otherhand was extremely radical.
Bernie isn't the leader of the Democratic party.
This forum here is full of USA folk on the right being bigoted, racist, sexist, anti gay, anti trans.
Trump put a white nationalist as his adviser on immigration and the UAS right didn't even batter an eye at that.
Tucker Carlson had a white supremacist as his main script writer, and he was the most watched opinion show amongst the USA right.
Noone is pushing sex onto children. Well perhaps Matt Gaetz
Nothing wrong with telling kids its ok for people to be trans. We apparently need to nip discrimination in the bud at a young age.
If you are selling items to the public, you cannot choose to discriminate.
Noone is going to force you to attend any wedding.
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It was the right who claimed Obama couldn't be an American citizen because he was black.
It was the right who tried to outlaw gay marriage.
And you believe businesses should be able to discriminate, despite your false claims to the contrary.
It's not freedom if she's forced to remain pregnant against her will.
You'd rather the insanity continued?
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I don’t know what books they gave you but here in Texas our history books said nothing to that effect. Maybe there might’ve been a very few slaves that felt that way but many were trying to escape and flee to the North and the majority were too afraid to try. Now I get what your saying about whites not being responsible for it to an extent because it wasn’t whites that were going and capturing them in Africa but if they hadn’t been buying them then the South Africans wouldn’t have kept going to get more. I would also point out that the majority of whites in America were opposed to slavery and fought in the Civil War to free the slaves which is why the Union won the war. The Confederates were greatly outnumbered which is why they lost.
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This statement exercises the same stereotypical bigotry that led to white supremacy to begin with, condemn an entire group of millions based on the actions of a small minority within that group.
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