Left-wing or Right-wing?

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Same here, friend Myself, my teenage son, and my mom all took this quiz: https://www.idrlabs.com/8-values-political/test.php
I got right wing populist, my mom got centrist, and my son got fascist (Which is a little concerning, but I think fascism gets a bit of a bad reputation, because of its association with racism and violence. It doesn't have to involve racism or violence. Besides, my son was raised to respect others and he's not hurting anyone. So I respect his right to have his own beliefs. As long as he's not getting in trouble or doing anything illegal, it's fine with me. I'd be more upset if he was a socialist or an anarchist.)

Do we really need this 9 year old thread rekindled? Point 2 of the original OP's list is blatantly racist, and on point 3 let's just say there's no dispute anymore regarding man made global warming causing catastrophes such as the current US wildfires.

But I still agree with all of it (*except the Gypsy part, that just seems kind of random. It doesn't make a lot of sense. I don't really know any Gypsies so I can't say much about them, but I'd give them the benefit of the doubt.* ) People just need to stop being so butthurt all the time and saying everything is "offensive". Free speech is pretty much gone these days. Even if it's "racist" it's still free speech. By the way, there are plenty of "racist" things that stereotype white ethnicities and they rarely complain:
- Notre Dame's "Fighting Irish" use a very racist stereotype of an Irish man. Same thing with Lucky Charms cereal.
- St. Pauli Girl beer uses a "racist" stereotype of a German woman.
- Swiss Miss uses a "racist" stereotype of a Swiss girl.
- All of the pizza companies and Italian food companies using "racist" stereotype caricatures of Italian men on their packaging.
- Bagel companies like Einstein's using caricatures stereotyping Jewish people.
These are just a few examples. Only some groups like to whine all the time about so-called discrimination. The rest of us tend to laugh it off.
Oh- and global warming- It may or may not be human-caused. But either way, it doesn't affect me, so I could seriously give a crap. I care more about growing the economy than saving people's property who should have known better than to build in an area prone to wildfires or flooding. Sucks to be them Maybe the ice caps will melt and I'll have beachfront property
And "coronavirus" - could care less about it either.

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If you want to know what a Fascist truly is, read up on Mussolini.

Wildfires can strike virtually any area of California, Washington or Oregon it seems to me and people can't pick a place that guarantees they will never be in the path of a wildfire.

I wasn't talking about popular stereotypes of specific races, but the blanket statement that "liberals love gypsies" implying that right wingers hate them - which is racist as it attacks a group of people. I hadn't even joined or visited WP yet when this thread was created.

But some of us pay taxes. We have to pay for all that flooding and burning, which, by the way, results in a big hit to the economy. A lot of what is burning is on Federal land, so that is actually our land. Hard to get much value out of burnt timber. Then there is the stability of our food supply, both on land and in the oceans--that also gets hit by climate change. And melting ice caps will not grow the economy. Sucks to be us.

Whatever. I still don't care. They should have to pay for the damage themselves or move. It's not the taxpayer's job to clean up their mess. It's not our problem. They shouldn't be there in the first place, they should have known the risks to start with. And I seriously doubt any food supply issues will affect developed nations that much. The real problem is too many humans on this planet - most of whom are useless idiots. I'm not a big fan of probably 70-80% of the human race. Only 20-30% I'd say are worth anything. The rest aren't worth a pile of manure.

Left wing.

I'm not racist against Pavee people or against Romani people or other nomadic ethnic groups.

I believe in the science of global warming.

I believe the government should step in to stop businesses harming customers or employees. I know enough about history for eg Victorian products to understand what happens in a truly lassais faire economy.

I also care about the rights of other minorities and believe in speaking about people with respect when it comes to demographics they haven't chosen.

Pretty much the opposite of OP in fact.

Oh and I'm anti imperialism. Scotland should be free, Ireland should be entirely free.

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Yes, but certain areas are more prone than others. And there's no definitive proof that convinces me this is anything other than a natural cycle that has happened for thousands of years (I majored in geoscience, so I know something about this). People have just been moving into areas that were previously not densely populated. Wildfires have been going on in these areas for thousands of years. Again - too many homo sapiens on planet Earth.

Myself, my teenage son, and my mom all took this quiz: https://www.idrlabs.com/8-values-political/test.php
I got right wing populist, my mom got centrist, and my son got fascist (Which is a little concerning, but I think fascism gets a bit of a bad reputation, because of its association with racism and violence. It doesn't have to involve racism or violence. Besides, my son was raised to respect others and he's not hurting anyone. So I respect his right to have his own beliefs. As long as he's not getting in trouble or doing anything illegal, it's fine with me. I'd be more upset if he was a socialist or an anarchist.)

Most would probably put me on the left, but I adhere to neither side, nor do I care which side my opinions fall on.

I got “libertarian socialist” on that quiz, not really surprised.

Romani ('gypsies' not Romanians) have dealt with and continue to deal with much worse than casual racism. They were treated as equal to Jewish people by the Nazi's....

Romani genocide

I'm a humanist.

I think most people support legal immigration unless they believe in 'ethnostates'. OP is vague. I think illegal immigrants deserve basic human rights and respect.

Climate change is a sound theory. I'm a geoscientist.

I'm not afraid to use 'vulgar' language. Funny because I'm a moderator. I believe in equal opportunity of chance, not outcome...though I think conditions of 'bad' outcomes should be improved some.

I believe in government regulation particularly when it comes to pollution and health.

School bullies rights?

I support castle doctrine.


Agreed.

I don't have wings.

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I am about to receive a MoS degree in the Geosciences. Warming temperatures/ increased droughts due to anthropogenic climate change both contribute to increased wildfire frequency. Humans are expanding into new areas though as well.



Hm.....

@Feyokien: What is castle doctrine?