Mandatory Civilian Service

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Do you favor requiring all US citizens to perform mandatory civilian service?

Of course not. This is just so fundamentally right-wing and wrong, and contrary to the people's needs, that it's surprising anyone at all supports it.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

oh, bandit just called you right-wing fb!

How then is the idea left-wing? It isn't.

Modern America is run by a right-wing leader, so if it is imposed there it is by very definition right-wing.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

So if it was imposed by a left-wing leader it would be by definition left-wing?

When was it ever imposed by a left-wing leader?

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Bandit this idea is in fact from the left. John Kerry made the following statement during his 04 campaign;
"We need a new era of service—not an effort for one time, one purpose, or one group—but a permanent and national endeavor. For America now, service is not just an option, but an obligation of citizenship."
[ Kerry, John. "A New Era of National Service." Manchester, New Hampshire. May 19, 2003.  (Emphasis mine.)

In the quote above, Kerry didn't put forth a specific government mandate (even if he did elsewhere). Even so, Kerry really was not the ultraliberal everyone claims, so this still doesn't prove your argument.

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Oh really? Rangel spends more time criticizing Hugo Chavez than he does Bush.

Also, I thought the point of Rangel's bill was more to discourage the war than anything else. (Of course I agree with him that the war is bad.)

[Bandit3 the Worker]

So, again, I ask you, if modern America was run by a left-wing leader and it was imposed under his rule would that make the notion of mandatory civil service left-wing by definition?

Of course not.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Well  would you call Kerry and Rangel right wingers?

They're both a bit more conservative than I am, I'll admit.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Bandit my friend, "a but  more conservative than you are" would put them about 10 miles left of center. My question is; are they right wingers?

Not really. They're obviously not left-wingers either.