Quote:
Originally Posted by chezlaw
Why don't you tell us what general polices you support that make you left wing.
so many are focusing on my usage of the word "left" - making a big deal out of it
it's just a word - like many words it doesn't have an exact meaning
it means different things to different people
so much focus on a simple word - it's just a distraction
to answer your question:
I could have supported National Health Care
my dislike of Bernie was caused by his emphasis on calling himself a "socialist"
again, just a word - but a politically charged word that was very unwise to use
it conjures up the idea of the large scale nationalization of private business which is deeply offensive to many people
the reality is that the U.S. for a long time has been a mixture of capitalism and socialism - no need to force people into taking a side and turn off so many people - if he had not declared himself a socialist he could have been a viable candidate - even to me - depending on what he actually said
more answers to your question:
I favor the forcing of greatly more public monies into public schools in underprivileged areas in order to make public schools in those areas approach equality with public schools in locales of wealth and privilege
I favor affirmative action
I favor the use of the influence of the U.S. to cause the undermining of right wing dictators throughout the world
I favor criminal justice reform - particularly so that low level offenders do not receive ridiculously long sentences
I favor action on voting rights to ensure that all citizens have an opportunity to easily cast their vote without political gamesmanship to prevent this from happening
I favor allowing the "dreamers" a path to citizenship
I greatly disfavor demonizing any ethnic group as T has done to Hispanics
I favor not deporting those who have been here a long time and have not committed crimes
I favor exposing the many lies of the conspiracy theorists and possible legal action against their defamatory rhetoric
these are some of them
there are more, but I think that's enough for today
Last edited by FallawayJumper; 06-12-2020 at 08:29 AM.
Reason: to cause there to be peace throughout the world