Conservatives, what is your most liberal aspect(s)? & vice versa

[Prez Duke]

I favor amnesty
I support abortion
I support limited gun control
I support gay marriage
I oppose auditing the fed
I oppose government drug tests for welfare
I support a progressive income tax
I support increased government spending during recessions
I support some regulations on the finance industry
I support the green movement

I think that does it.

I think you're the first person I've seen here with negative social/economic scores and a Republican avatar.

I challenge anyone to explain me AHDuke's politics.

What's there to explain? I lay them out beautifully for all to see everyday! 

[Proud Lieberal from Northeast]

I favor amnesty
I support abortion
I support limited gun control
I support gay marriage
I oppose auditing the fed
I oppose government drug tests for welfare
I support a progressive income tax
I support increased government spending during recessions
I support some regulations on the finance industry
I support the green movement

I think that does it.

I think you're the first person I've seen here with negative social/economic scores and a Republican avatar.

I challenge anyone to explain me AHDuke's politics.

He's from South Carolina, ok? He can't expect to survive down there while wearing red avatar.

[Senator Napoleon]

I favor amnesty
I support abortion
I support limited gun control
I support gay marriage
I oppose auditing the fed
I oppose government drug tests for welfare
I support a progressive income tax
I support increased government spending during recessions
I support some regulations on the finance industry
I support the green movement

I think that does it.

I think you're the first person I've seen here with negative social/economic scores and a Republican avatar.

I challenge anyone to explain me AHDuke's politics.

Secular Bush?

[oakvale]

I'm generally opposed to prostitution and the rest of the sex trade (BRTD's beloved strip-clubs, for instance) although I still think making such things illegal is probably the wrong idea. By American standards, this would probably be considered a somewhat conservative position.

I'm also a fairly strong supporter of free trade, although I don't think that's necessarily a counterintuitive position for a liberal to take.

[Governor Scott]

I favor amnesty
I support abortion
I support limited gun control
I support gay marriage
I oppose auditing the fed
I oppose government drug tests for welfare
I support a progressive income tax
I support increased government spending during recessions
I support some regulations on the finance industry
I support the green movement

I think that does it.

Dude, just get a red avatar.

[white trash heroes]

I oppose amnesty.
I oppose abortion.
I oppose gun control.
I support marriage privatization.
I support more privatization in general.
I oppose the federal reserve. (Pro audit too obviously.)
I support government drug tests for welfare recipients. Like bankers.
I oppose income tax and the IRS. I strongly support the FAIR tax.
I oppose increased government spending during recessions.
I support deregulation and cutting/abolishing government departments.
I oppose green hysteria and boondoggles like "cap and trade" & "carbon taxes."
I wish the "99%" (what an idiotic phrase) would shut up.

I think that does it.

[Californian Tony]

I oppose amnesty.
I oppose abortion.
I oppose gun control.
I support marriage privatization.
I support more privatization in general.
I oppose the federal reserve. (Pro audit too obviously.)
I support government drug tests for welfare recipients. Like bankers.
I oppose income tax and the IRS. I strongly support the FAIR tax.
I oppose increased government spending during recessions.
I support deregulation and cutting/abolishing government departments.
I oppose green hysteria and boondoggles like "cap and trade" & "carbon taxes."
I wish the "99%" (what an idiotic phrase) would shut up.

I think that does it.

Wait, you consider yourself a liberal ?

[white trash heroes]

I oppose amnesty.
I oppose abortion.
I oppose gun control.
I support marriage privatization.
I support more privatization in general.
I oppose the federal reserve. (Pro audit too obviously.)
I support government drug tests for welfare recipients. Like bankers.
I oppose income tax and the IRS. I strongly support the FAIR tax.
I oppose increased government spending during recessions.
I support deregulation and cutting/abolishing government departments.
I oppose green hysteria and boondoggles like "cap and trade" & "carbon taxes."
I wish the "99%" (what an idiotic phrase) would shut up.

I think that does it.

Wait, you consider yourself a liberal ?

I'm a Democrat. The fox news/dittohead crowd would undoubtedly consider me liberal. Also, note what was omitted there. I didn't once mention bombing Iran, how disgusting fags homosexuals are, jesus, or making sick people choose between food and medicine. That makes me a socialist.

[Californian Tony]

I oppose amnesty.
I oppose abortion.
I oppose gun control.
I support marriage privatization.
I support more privatization in general.
I oppose the federal reserve. (Pro audit too obviously.)
I support government drug tests for welfare recipients. Like bankers.
I oppose income tax and the IRS. I strongly support the FAIR tax.
I oppose increased government spending during recessions.
I support deregulation and cutting/abolishing government departments.
I oppose green hysteria and boondoggles like "cap and trade" & "carbon taxes."
I wish the "99%" (what an idiotic phrase) would shut up.

I think that does it.

Wait, you consider yourself a liberal ?

I'm a Democrat. The fox news/dittohead crowd would undoubtedly consider me liberal. Also, note what was omitted there. I didn't once mention bombing Iran, how disgusting fags homosexuals are, jesus, or making sick people choose between food and medicine. That makes me a socialist.

Now. If anyone who is considered a liberal by the Crazy Right was an actual liberal, you'd live in the United Socialist Soviet States of America.

[white trash heroes]

I oppose amnesty.
I oppose abortion.
I oppose gun control.
I support marriage privatization.
I support more privatization in general.
I oppose the federal reserve. (Pro audit too obviously.)
I support government drug tests for welfare recipients. Like bankers.
I oppose income tax and the IRS. I strongly support the FAIR tax.
I oppose increased government spending during recessions.
I support deregulation and cutting/abolishing government departments.
I oppose green hysteria and boondoggles like "cap and trade" & "carbon taxes."
I wish the "99%" (what an idiotic phrase) would shut up.

I think that does it.

Wait, you consider yourself a liberal ?

I'm a Democrat. The fox news/dittohead crowd would undoubtedly consider me liberal. Also, note what was omitted there. I didn't once mention bombing Iran, how disgusting fags homosexuals are, jesus, or making sick people choose between food and medicine. That makes me a socialist.

Now. If anyone who is considered a liberal by the Crazy Right was an actual liberal, you'd live in the United Socialist Soviet States of America.

[crypto-fascist superhero]

Lew Rockwell might consider me a "libertine," I guess.

[Χahar]

I'm also a fairly strong supporter of free trade, although I don't think that's necessarily a counterintuitive position for a liberal to take.

It seems to me that free trade is an inherently liberal idea.

[Beet]

I support reform and experimentation in public schools even if teachers' unions are against it.
I support fracking.
I support more and faster foreclosures to clear out the housing market.
I oppose further anti-tobacco measures and regulations on unhealthy foods.

That's all I can think of at the moment.

[For Oklahoma]

I oppose amnesty.
I oppose abortion.
I oppose gun control.
I support marriage privatization.
I support more privatization in general.
I oppose the federal reserve. (Pro audit too obviously.)
I support government drug tests for welfare recipients. Like bankers.
I oppose income tax and the IRS. I strongly support the FAIR tax.
I oppose increased government spending during recessions.
I support deregulation and cutting/abolishing government departments.
I oppose green hysteria and boondoggles like "cap and trade" & "carbon taxes."
I wish the "99%" (what an idiotic phrase) would shut up.

I think that does it.

Sometimes I forget that you're a Democrat

[InsaneTrollLogic]

- Oppose the Brady Bill or just about any Federal Gun Control
- Support greater restrictions on Emminent Domain
- Oppose activism against animal abuse and other anti-hunter, anti-rancher and anti-trapper   rhethoric.
- Oppose absexual (look up absexuality) feminism
- I supported Bush's Social Security policies to a point
-  I oppose regulations on GMOs

[Governor Scott]

Starting to reconsider my views on drug-testing welfare recipients after seeing what happened in Florida.

[white trash heroes]

Starting to reconsider my views on drug-testing welfare recipients after seeing what happened in Florida.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mandatory-drug-testing-for-Corporate-welfare/121317061225727

[freefair]

I support Abortions in Trimester 1
I oppose the Republican parties consistent fiscal defecit increases.
I support the idea of LGBT civil partnerships and the states right to legalize non heterosexual Marriages
I support the states right to legalize any drug it likes
I support the legalization of prostitution
I support the idea that taxation rates should be flat rate or progressive
I support the complete separation of church and state
I support the federal enforcement of civil rights
I support huge cuts to the defense budget
I oppose Agricultural subsides
I support global free trade
I support increasing the education budget
I support a states right to involve themselves in healthcare (and even set up an NHS if they wanted)
I support the right of congress to overrule the Fed.
I do not like capital punishment but it is a states right.

[Prez Duke]

I favor amnesty
I support abortion
I support limited gun control
I support gay marriage
I oppose auditing the fed
I oppose government drug tests for welfare
I support a progressive income tax
I support increased government spending during recessions
I support some regulations on the finance industry
I support the green movement

I think that does it.

Dude, just get a red avatar.

What would happen if I did? The world might end!

[white trash heroes]

I favor amnesty
I support abortion
I support limited gun control
I support gay marriage
I oppose auditing the fed
I oppose government drug tests for welfare
I support a progressive income tax
I support increased government spending during recessions
I support some regulations on the finance industry
I support the green movement

I think that does it.

Dude, just get a red avatar.

What would happen if I did? The world might end!

Yeah, please don't. You're clearly my bizarro counterpart anyway. We're supposed to be exact opposites.

[Prez Duke]

I favor amnesty
I support abortion
I support limited gun control
I support gay marriage
I oppose auditing the fed
I oppose government drug tests for welfare
I support a progressive income tax
I support increased government spending during recessions
I support some regulations on the finance industry
I support the green movement

I think that does it.

Dude, just get a red avatar.

What would happen if I did? The world might end!

Yeah, please don't. You're clearly my bizarro counterpart anyway. We're supposed to be exact opposites.

I don't plan on it. I don't want to fit in, and if I switched I would be just another Democrat. Where's the fun in that?

[Senator Napoleon]

I'm also a fairly strong supporter of free trade, although I don't think that's necessarily a counterintuitive position for a liberal to take.

It seems to me that free trade is an inherently liberal idea.

I agree.

[oakvale]

I'm also a fairly strong supporter of free trade, although I don't think that's necessarily a counterintuitive position for a liberal to take.

It seems to me that free trade is an inherently liberal idea.

Protectionism seems to be in vogue amongst some of our younger liberal members, though, no?

Maybe I should clarify that I'm using "liberal" in the American sense of the word.

[ChairmanSanchez]

-I support a states right to create a public health system.
-I personally support gay marriage.
-I oppose NAFTA.
-I support lowering all (and outright abolishing some) taxes, but I think the wealthy should almost always pay a higher rate compared to the poor.
-I oppose globalism.

[Redalgo]

Protectionism seems to be in vogue amongst some of our younger liberal members, though, no?

Maybe I should clarify that I'm using "liberal" in the American sense of the word.

I think of it as a neo-mercantilist sentiment cropping up on both sides of the aisle. Some people are encouraging discrimination against goods and services provided outside of ones community, region, or country, thinking that purchasing foreign-made stuff or outsourcing jobs is in one way or another harmful to workers and/or national interests. I am reluctant to compare it to "free" or "fair" forms of trade since neither aims to rig terms of trade in favor of manipulating the market to mostly - if not overwhelmingly - benefit their own country rather than all of the nations involved.

There are a few instances where I fancy protectionism, but those stances are not meant to shelter Americans from foreign competition so much as to shelter developing countries from what may be terms of trade that threaten to harm their developmental prospects or cause humanitarian issues.