The political spectrum

[TNHarley]

We need to put this shit to bed.
The extreme left is tyranny, the extreme right is anarchy.

The political spectrum is not from one tyranny to another, it is from tyranny, to total freedom. The very definition of "spectrum" should tell you that.
A spectrum is the scale of 2 opposites. Not two similarities.
Please drop your middle school interpretation of left vs right.
Real liberals are not leftists. How could someone that believes in small govt and liberty be on the side of collectivism and big govt?
Most republicans are not righties. How can people that want to use the govt to shove their version of morality down peoples throats be righties? How can people that want to use the govt to control and bail out the private sector be righties?

 

[White 6]

We need to put this shit to bed.
The extreme left is tyranny, the extreme right is anarchy.

The political spectrum is not from one tyranny to another, it is from tyranny, to total freedom. The very definition of "spectrum" should tell you that.
A spectrum is the scale of 2 opposites. Not two similarities.
Please drop your middle school interpretation of left vs right.
Real liberals are not leftists. How could someone that believes in small govt and liberty be on the side of collectivism and big govt?
Most republicans are not righties. How can people that want to use the govt to shove their version of morality down peoples throats be righties? How can people that want to use the govt to control and bail out the private sector be righties?

Very True and to the point. Best opinion and in my opinion "educationally adult" thread post, I have seen in a while.

 

[lg325]

I agree. The information in your post is what I was taught in school.
We need to keep the truth out in the public so those like the young folks do not get influenced by the wrong information.

 

[TNHarley]

Golfing Gator
Come be an illogical retard in this thread.

 

[occupied]

Scrapping 200 years of political thought just to blame every bad thing in human governance on the left might be the most retarded thing the right has ever done.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

They say a picture is worth 1000 words....to make this fit in our country today replace Radical with Dem and Reactionary with Repub.

 

[Oddball]

Scrapping 200 years of political thought just to blame every bad thing in human governance on the left might be the most retarded thing the right has ever done.

^^^
Poster boi for cognitive dissonance.

 

[TNHarley]

Scrapping 200 years of political thought just to blame every bad thing in human governance on the left might be the most retarded thing the right has ever done.

Good grief

 

[TNHarley]

They say a picture is worth 1000 words....to make this fit in our country today replace Radical with Dem and Reactionary with Repub.

I remember seeing that poster in my third grade social studies class

 

[Dogmaphobe]

The problem I see with recognition has to do with too many people who do not even understand the spectrum to begin with and see only duality, instead. To them, all politics is a Manichaean struggle between two opposing forces, and so their world-view is adversarial and ultra-conformist rather than a product of reason or understanding. .

 

[occupied]

Good grief

Not even going to defend your theory? Typical.

 

[TNHarley]

Not even going to defend your theory? Typical.

Defend it from what? That lazy bullshit you posted? LOL

 

[Oddball]

I remember seeing that poster in my third grade social studies class

Totalitarianism = anarchy...

 

[Dogmaphobe]

Scrapping 200 years of political thought just to blame every bad thing in human governance on the left might be the most retarded thing the right has ever done.

Have you ever read any John Suart Mill? John Rawls? Hume, Hobbs, Rousseau or Locke?

No, I didn't think so.

 

[occupied]

Defend it from what? That lazy bullshit you posted? LOL

Seen this shit before. None of you can defend it without changing the long standing definitions to all the terms for the various political ideologies. If you want to change every part of political science to suit your agenda of the moment you're going to have to do better.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

Totalitarianism = anarchy...

Well, since he already believes freedom is slavery, it really isn't much of a stretch.

 

[Oddball]

Seen this shit before. None of you can defend it without changing the long standing definitions to all the terms for the various political ideologies. If you want to change every part of political science to suit your agenda of the moment you're going to have to do better.

"Long standing definitions"....How long?...Who set the definitions?

Why don't leftoids have a single shred of intellectual curiosity?

 

[ReinyDays]

I knew Reagan was essentially putting down a slave rebellion in Central America ... I felt just awful killing those poor people who just wanted simple liberties, like owning their own land ... aiming for the chest area, slaves are property, they don't themselves own anything ... I hated that before, during my service, and to this very day ...

... but I'm a patriot ... so I fought well ...

I fought for the people who protested outside the Capitol barriers ... and I'm sad their message was stolen ... first by the rioters, then by the press ... I think y'all are loony-toons, and you can certainly trust a liberal to know what loony-toons is ... knee-deep this end of the spectrum ...

 

[Harpy Eagle]

I remember seeing that poster in my third grade social studies class

Seems you learned nothing from that class.

 

[TNHarley]

Seen this shit before. None of you can defend it without changing the long standing definitions to all the terms for the various political ideologies. If you want to change every part of political science to suit your agenda of the moment you're going to have to do better.

You refuted absolutely nothing from the OP. Of course, I dont see you refuting logic. You probably dont know what that is either.