Why do you personally choose to be left wing/right wing (unemployment, Congress)

[lambogojo]

why do YOU think of yourself as a liberal or conservative? what beliefs do you hold with the party of your choice?

[lambogojo]

Originally Posted by TheresaBaket

see, this is the problem with the 24 hr news media and the division our so called leaders have enabled.
The complication of the question you raise goes well beyond a simple dichotomy of one choosing to be on the left or right. There are many shades of grey that have been wiped out by our establishment.

so............liberal?

[shiftymh]

I oppose collectivism so conservatives are more friendly to that.

[AnneWest]

I consider myself to be liberal AND conservative. Unfortunately, I can't be either without being forced into a box by the extremely judgmental members of either side. There is no middle of the road, not any more.

[Oildog]

Some issues I lean left others right. I took a poll/quiz on this site a few weeks back and it had me as Libertarian.

[kaimuki]

I cannot vote, I'm not a Liberal, Conservative, or middle of the road. Since when do we all fall into a few groups?

[lambogojo]

Originally Posted by kaimuki

I cannot vote, I'm not a Liberal, Conservative, or middle of the road. Since when do we all fall into a few groups?

since the media made it that way.

[kaimuki]

Originally Posted by lambogojo

since the media made it that way.

I see, so the media has brainwashed you too.

[lambogojo]

Originally Posted by kaimuki

I see, so the media has brainwashed you too.

guess so. but i don't remember any president (or any majority in congress) in the history of the united states that wasn't put into a widely known group. (Republicans, Democrats, Whigs, etc.)

[WestCobb]

Originally Posted by AnneWest

I consider myself to be liberal AND conservative. Unfortunately, I can't be either without being forced into a box by the extremely judgmental members of either side. There is no middle of the road, not any more.

I'm in the same boat. Many of my views are "liberal" in that I support good wages for working people. I also support government policies that establish a social safety net -- e.g. unemployment insurance, food stamps, low cost health care, low cost college tuition, strong public schools. I also would like to see wealth taxed, not necessarily labor or wages. For many these days, that makes me a rabid communist.

I'm also fairly liberal on social issues. I am against all discrimination against gays, and I support women's reproductive rights. I know for the Christain Right, that makes me a satanist. Again...

I'm an average American, and I identify heavily with other average middle Americans. I'm patriotic. I'm pro-gun. I'm pro-family in that I'd like to see more children growing up in stable two-parent households. I'm also pretty much pro-religion, in that I support others rights to practice whatever faith they choose. I think crosses in public places and Merry Christmases around the holiday times are just fine. So long as no one pushes their particular brand of religion on me, I have no qualms with religious people.

I think my views would be extremely mainstream if this were the 1950s, the era the rabid righties idealize so much. However, in this era, I might as well be a Soviet.