Quote from: bigrift on August 26, 2009, 02:21:32 AM
My personal leanings politically are hardcore liberal/neo-conservative (liberal in civil rights and very collectivist economically), but in my actual political beliefs I am very much and independent moderate. I think the presidential candidate I liked the best was Mitt Romney, at least in retrospect. But I don't trust either party at all, Democrat or Republican. I see both as being major threats to our freedoms, but in different ways. And all politicians are F***wads in my opinion.
Speaking of guns, while I personally hate guns, I do NOT want that right taken away. Biggest reason, I don't like the Bill of Rights getting f***ed with. But I don't see guns being taken away as solving anything, especially in the short term. (Please don't take this as me being callous. I love EVERYONE, and want no harm to come to them in anyway) It seems the people that are hurt most by guns are those that are doing the hurting to others who themselves are hurting others, mostly criminals, so it seems the only person that would be hurt by taking them away is those who take care of them. Criminals aren't going to get rid of their guns, and it just creates a new black market for their sale. If we could get rid of guns entirely, super, but this doesn't seem likely.
And in my opinion, the biggest threat to gun rights comes from the "right". Imagine the day when in order to get a gun you have to "prove" your patriotism to "America", because "un-American people don't deserve constitutional rights anyways". So, fascism could be instated, and they wouldn't have to worry about getting rid of guns, because the people with the guns would be for the fascist government anyways. But people on the right would never see such a scenario, because they have a tendency to be unintelligent rednecks...(and people on the left are crazy tree hugging hippies).
So are you saying the majority of voters are more interested in the price of their vice ( Bud-light or weed ) than the price of your healthcare?
I believe there are a few on the right that are intelligent, and some lefty's that would not necessarily be considered a hippie. Labels suck...
FYI - I do not own a gun. I prefer deterrence. I have four dogs in my house that would intimidate any would be prowler.
However I do not want that right to own a gun to be taken away.
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