Which of the Following are Loony Right-Wing Positions?

[TheresNoMoney]

1. Believing that homosexuality is a choice one makes
2. Supporting Focus on the Family & James Dobson
3. calling for the assassination of international leaders while calling yourself a Christian
4. Believing birth control should be banned
5. Believing all non-Christians should have their human rights be taken away
6. Supporting the abolishment of the minimum wage
7. Always supporting the position of big business over the little guy, no matter what
8. Supporting American theocracy
9. Believing in forced organized prayer in public schools
10. Being a big fan of Sean Hannity
11. Believing that George Bush always has the best interests of Americans in his heart
12. Supporting a consistutional ban on gay marriage
13. Believing there is a vast, left-wing conspiracy
14. Believing the media is liberal
15. Believing the estate tax affects the middle class
16. Believing that the poor choose to be poor
17. Believing that using discarded embryos for research to potentially save human lives is immoral
18. Believing that Bush was completely truthful in the leadup to the war in Iraq
19. Supporting the Club for Growth
20. Supporting the Family Research Council
21. Using the Cato Institute and the Heritage Foundation as reliable sources to back up your arguments
22. Believing that women who choose to work outside the home are selfish
23. Believing that a college degree won't help poor, single mothers
24. Believing that 45 million people without health insurance is not a serious problem
25. Believing that Health Savings Accounts will solve #24
26. Believing that Iraq can ever have a true democracy
27. Believing that Lindsay Graham and John McCain are RINOs
28. Believing that the government is going to confiscate their guns
29. Believing that homosexuality is the cause of all the world's problems
30. Believing that tort reform will solve health insurance costs
31. Support teaching public school students "intelligent design" in science class
32. Believing that the Supreme Court is full of "liberal activist judges"

[Ebowed]

As a leftwing Democrat, this thread is embarrassing.

3. calling for the assassination of international leaders while calling yourself a Christian

Now let's be reasonable, you're trying to pass this off as a position that all members of the "loony right wing" hold, when it was just one idiot.

4. Believing birth control should be banned

How many Republicans support that?

5. Believing all non-Christians should have their human rights be taken away

OK now who advocated that?  I'm not aware of this so it certainly must not be something that 51% of the country believes.

6. Supporting the abolishment of the minimum wage

Supporting the abolition of the minimum wage isn't so much rightwing as it is libertarian.

8. Supporting American theocracy
9. Believing in forced organized prayer in public schools

12. Supporting a consistutional ban on gay marriage

Looks like well over half the country is part of the loony rightwing...

13. Believing there is a vast, left-wing conspiracy

Here's something loonier: believing in a vast, right-wing conspiracy.

16. Believing that the poor choose to be poor

Yes, so many people believe that one.

17. Believing that using discarded embryos for research to potentially save human lives is immoral

I think it's immoral, but I doubt anyone other than opebo would consider me part of the loony right wing.

27. Believing that the government is going to confiscate their guns

A very reasonable fear.

[Gustaf]

As a member of this forum this thread is embarassing.

And now I'm waiting for him to complain about how unfair we are to left-wingers and how he feels betrayed by me and Ebowed being Democrats. Yawn.

[minionofmidas]

1. Believing that homosexuality is a choice one makes. Aye.
2. Supporting Focus on the Family & James Dobson. No idea.
3. calling for the assassination of international leaders while calling yourself a Christian. Aye. Even without calling yourself a Christian. Even while calling yourself a left-winger. Calling for somebody's assassination is both a very rightwing and an even more loony thing to do.
4. Believing birth control should be banned. Aye.
5. Believing all non-Christians should have their human rights be taken away. Aye...not that I know of any right winger loony enough to say that.
6. Supporting the abolishment of the minimum wage. Nay. That's wrong, that's rightwing, but that's not loony.
7. Always supporting the position of big business over the little guy, no matter what. Aye...the little guy lives in the third world though.
8. Supporting American theocracy. American theocracy? What is that, a TV program?
9. Believing in forced organized prayer in public schools. Aye.
10. Being a big fan of Sean Hannity . Nay (too many people are.)
11. Believing that George Bush always has the best interests of Americans in his heart. Always? Yep, that is loony. And rightwing, sort of. It would be even if we were talking Bill Clinton (during his presidency) instead of George Bush.
12. Supporting a consistutional ban on gay marriage. Nay (too many people do)
13. Believing there is a vast, left-wing conspiracy. Aye.
14. Believing the media is liberal. Liberal as in pro-left biased in an effective way? Aye. or liberal as in a majority of media players are "limousine liberal" (and thus actually ultra-moderate liberal) and root for Dems? No, that's a frigging fact.
15. Believing the estate tax affects the middle class. That betrays a seriously warped definition of "middle"...but that is far too widespread to be considered loony right.
16. Believing that the poor choose to be poor. Aye.
17. Believing that using discarded embryos for research to potentially save human lives is immoral. Nay. Nothing loony about that. Nothing rightwing about that. Pushpolling wording.
18. Believing that Bush was completely truthful in the leadup to the war in Iraq. Aye. Highlight on completely
19. Supporting the Club for Growth. No, just misguided.
20. Supporting the Family Research Council. No idea
21. Using the Cato Institute and the Heritage Foundation as reliable sources to back up your arguments. No, that's untruthful, not loony.
22. Believing that women who choose to work outside the home are selfish. Aye.
23. Believing that a college degree won't help poor, single mothers. Depends. Won't help any...? Aye.
24. Believing that 45 million people without health insurance is not a serious problem . No, that's selfserving, not loony.
25. Believing that Health Savings Accounts can solve #24. Ditto.
26. Believing that Iraq can ever have a true democracy . Nay. Believing that it's on the way there right now, aye.
27. Believing that Lindsay Graham and John McCain are RINOs. The whole RINO/DINO concept is slightly loony when taken seriously, but of course is not usually taken seriously by those who use it.
28. Believing that the government is going to confiscate their guns. Aye.
29. Believing that homosexuality is the cause of all the world's problems. Aye.
30. Believing that tort reform will solve health insurance costs. "Solve"? Aye.

Oh, and Ebowed...is Scoonie doing that? Was BR trying to pass his fetish off as something all loony lefties do?

[Ebowed]

BRTD is a leftist so if he posts something about extreme leftism etc it's not so bad as he knows they're just stereotypes, and obviously communist fetishes have nothing to do with leftwing ideology.  This isn't the same thing.

[TheresNoMoney]

As a member of this forum this thread is embarassing.

You had no problem replying to the other thread.

[JohnFKennedy]

4. Believing birth control should be banned

How many Republicans support that?

Probably Catholic ones - doesn't the Catholic Churhc preach against all forms of birth control? (obviously excluding abstinence)

[Ebowed]

I doubt even all the Catholics support that.

Also, remember, many Catholics still vote Democrat.

[minionofmidas]

I doubt even all the Catholics support that.

Well yeah, but those few Catholics who do probably all vote Republican.

[Gustaf]

As a member of this forum this thread is embarassing.

You had no problem replying to the other thread.

I knew this would come.

No, because the other thread was more reasonable. This one is just stupid. Also, the other thread was made by a left-winger, whereas you are just being partisan.

[Blue Rectangle]

So, Scoonie, since no Republican forumite agrees unconditionally to more than one or two of those statements, I guess it's safe to call us all moderates, right?

[minionofmidas]

So, Scoonie, since no Republican forumite agrees unconditionally to more than one or two of those statements, I guess it's safe to call us all moderates, right?

All but Jake.

[TheresNoMoney]

I never said all of those positions are loony. This thread is just a response to the other thread.

I was just curious as to what people thought.  A yes or no answer is sufficient. I don't believe all of those positions are loony, either.

[JohnFKennedy]

I doubt even all the Catholics support that.

Also, remember, many Catholics still vote Democrat.

Yes, I don't think all Catholics support that, but some do as that is official Church doctrine, is it not? I didn't say it was only Republican Catholics who would believe that - there is no mention of political parties anywhere in this thread as far as I know, but yes many Catholics do vote Democrat.

[TheresNoMoney]

Most Catholics support birth control, but quite a few don't.

Most Christian fundamentalists don't support birth control.

[Beefalow and the Consumer]

Most Christian fundamentalists don't support birth control.

Depends on your definition of "fundamentalists."  If you ask an evangelical-type pastor, he will almost certainly say that using contraception is a matter of personal conscience.  That is my experience, at least.

[Richard]

1. Believing that homosexuality is a choice one makes
Left-wing socialist doctor Suzuki believes the same thing, and he is a geneticist.  Hardly right-wing.

[Beefalow and the Consumer]

As a member of this forum this thread is embarassing.

This one makes BRTD's questions look like responsible and impartial polling.  This here is baiting people's deeply-held beliefs in a really nasty way.

[TheresNoMoney]

I disagree, WJB. No one complained about the other thread. There are plenty of loony right-wing positions. Some of them are included on my list.

You had no objections to replying on the other thread. Perhaps many of those positions you cited as loony also are a part of people's deeply held beliefs. But you had no problem with that.

[Gabu]

This entire topic is stupid because it's attempting to discredit a bunch of positions due to who the most likely type of person is to hold such a position.  It's one giant logical fallacy.

[Colin]

I would suggest that the Mods delete this thread.

[TheresNoMoney]

I would suggest that the Mods delete this thread.

But you're OK with the other thread, of course. Partisan hack.

[Colin]

I would suggest that the Mods delete this thread.

But you're OK with the other thread, of course. Partisan hack.

Well I'm okay with the other one because it was made by a "looney leftist" and was making fun of the stereotypes that are often used to portray people on the left.

This on the other hand was written by you and is filled with stupid stereotypes that you commonly throw around to belittle every fücking Republican on this board.

If let's say Richius had put this up in a rather jovial joking manner, like BRTD did, then I would have nothing against it.

You're seething hate though I find unacceptable. I would first ask you to calm down a bit and stop being so hateful towards those who are not Democrats. Maybe see some sort of counselor or something. But come the fück on this is a fückin' internet message board theirs no need to attack every fücking person who doesn't have a red avatar. Jesus Christ calm down already.

[© tweed]

These positions are lefty-partisan tinted so it's hard top answer them.  Most mentioned are loony-right position, but very few people actually believe in the mentioned positions.

[TheresNoMoney]

Well I'm okay with the other one because it was made by a "looney leftist" and was making fun of the stereotypes that are often used to portray people on the left.

What's really going on here is that you believe it's OK to mock "loony leftists" but as soon as someone points out loony right-wing positions, you can't handle it and get defensive.

Those in glass houses.....

Besides, I'm really not an angry person at all if you met me in real life. I just don't agree with our Republican government. But I am doing just fine. You're 16 and you'll understand more as you get older.