Why is racism, homophobia and such always considered "right wing"?

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When homophobia, racism, anti women's rights, anti immigrant and other types of hatred are mentioned, people always assume it's from the right wing. How did one half of America get this reputation?
 
When homophobia, racism, anti women's rights, anti immigrant and other types of hatred are mentioned, people always assume it's from the right wing. How did one half of America get this reputation?

Mainly because the left-wing press has manipulated its way into the the majority, and have used their media monopoly to negatively pigeonhole what were once widely accepted underlying elements of human instinct - fear of the unknown/unpredictable - which still [undeniably] occupy our subconscious today. It's all been an attempt to dislocate your gut instinct from what the (supposedly) socially fashionable/delusional would otherwise have you believe.

It was a nice try, but base human instinct and reality will always be thicker than water.


P.s. The items on your agenda that I haven't highlighted are just figments of your willfully provocative imagination, they're invalid.
 
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Because, generally speaking, (and a close study of this board will certainly support this theory, too) the same people who support what is generally thought of as a right wing POV regarding economics ALSO tend to support a racist and somewhat sexist POV on social issues.
 
When homophobia, racism, anti women's rights, anti immigrant and other types of hatred are mentioned, people always assume it's from the right wing. How did one half of America get this reputation?

At the extreme right wing tip, of course, the problem is what constitutes homophobia, racism, anti-women's rights (there's a political catch phrase if I ever heard one), anti-immigrant (now there's a thoroughly, purposely deceptive ans deceitful word), and other types of hatred to people like yourself is generally so far removed from reality as to be otherworldly yet people like you have managed to bamboozle quite a few people into believing you have the correct definitions. Goebbels would be proud!!
 
When homophobia, racism, anti women's rights, anti immigrant and other types of hatred are mentioned, people always assume it's from the right wing. How did one half of America get this reputation?

the old fashion way....they EARNED It!
 
You do realize that until Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society" bought the black vote with welfare programs, the Democrats were known for their racism. Hell Al Gore (Sr.) and JFK voted against civil rights legislation in 1957.
 
When homophobia, racism, anti women's rights, anti immigrant and other types of hatred are mentioned, people always assume it's from the right wing. How did one half of America get this reputation?
It just seem this way to you because you want to treat each group differently.
 
There are several key items that help explain why certain negative qualities tend to appear on the right side of the political and psychological spectrum. Conservatives are basically hierarchical, fearful of difference, avoid change or find it uncomfortable, and are rigid in the patterning of their thoughts and experiences. They stick to bad ideas even when the evidence is overwhelming. There are too many recent historical happenings to name today where they stay with an obvious incorrect assessment.

In and of themselves these qualities do not lead to the racism or homophobia, but rather provide a more fertile ground than a more open or liberal cast of mind. This has been studied since WWII, especially after the horror that brought a nation considered democratic and educated to self imposed tragedy. One only has to look at the aftershocks of 911 in the US to realize how quickly fear can bring on a loss of respect for others, and a forfeiture of law and thus freedom.

"Many psychologists believe personality can be categorised into five classes, relating to conscientiousness, openness, extroversion, agreeableness and neuroticism. The latter two seem to have little to do with political orientation. Scores on the conscientiousness scale, however, show a significant correlation with position within the political spectrum.

A much stronger link exists between political orientation and openness, which psychologists define as including traits such as an ability to accept new ideas, a tolerance for ambiguity and an interest in different cultures. When these traits are combined, people with high openness scores turn out to be almost twice as likely to be liberals.

Combine the genetic influences on personality with the political tendencies of different personality types, and the idea that genetics shapes political tendencies seems very plausible indeed. All of the big five personality traits are highly heritable (Journal of Research in Personality, vol 32, p 431), with several studies suggesting that around half of the variation in openness scores is a result of genetic differences." ingentaconnect Heritabilities of Common and Measure-Specific Components of the B...

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When homophobia, racism, anti women's rights, anti immigrant and other types of hatred are mentioned, people always assume it's from the right wing. How did one half of America get this reputation?

Because you are an ignorant idiot?

When Kagan was in consideration for her current job it was not the right wing that mentioned that she might be a lesbian.

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/04/kagan-rumors-expose-left-wing-hypocrisy.html

I do not recall any right winger commenting that Obama does not speak with a Negro dialect, or making the point that they forgot he was black while listening to him talk.

http://articles.cnn.com/2010-01-09/...n-american-voters-senator-reid?_s=PM:POLITICS

Matthews: 'I forgot he was black tonight for an hour' - - POLITICO.com

It is not the right wing that thinks multiculturalism trumps women's rights.

Multiculturalism and Its*Discontents | Big Questions Online

The really funny thing is that the left wing in Europe is anti immigration. Maybe, just maybe, being anti immigration is not as much about hate as you think.

click opera - The left wing argument against immigration

I think the right wing got the reputation because the left wing feels really bad about how they feel, and refuses to accept that the right wing is actually practices the things that MLK used to preach about, and judges people not on the color of their skin, but on the content of their character.
 
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There are several key items that help explain why certain negative qualities tend to appear on the right side of the political and psychological spectrum. Conservatives are basically hierarchical, fearful of difference, avoid change or find it uncomfortable, and are rigid in the patterning of their thoughts and experiences. They stick to bad ideas even when the evidence is overwhelming. There are too many recent historical happenings to name today where they stay with an obvious incorrect assessment.

In and of themselves these qualities do not lead to the racism or homophobia, but rather provide a more fertile ground than a more open or liberal cast of mind. This has been studied since WWII, especially after the horror that brought a nation considered democratic and educated to self imposed tragedy. One only has to look at the aftershocks of 911 in the US to realize how quickly fear can bring on a loss of respect for others, and a forfeiture of law and thus freedom.

"Many psychologists believe personality can be categorised into five classes, relating to conscientiousness, openness, extroversion, agreeableness and neuroticism. The latter two seem to have little to do with political orientation. Scores on the conscientiousness scale, however, show a significant correlation with position within the political spectrum.

A much stronger link exists between political orientation and openness, which psychologists define as including traits such as an ability to accept new ideas, a tolerance for ambiguity and an interest in different cultures. When these traits are combined, people with high openness scores turn out to be almost twice as likely to be liberals.

Combine the genetic influences on personality with the political tendencies of different personality types, and the idea that genetics shapes political tendencies seems very plausible indeed. All of the big five personality traits are highly heritable (Journal of Research in Personality, vol 32, p 431), with several studies suggesting that around half of the variation in openness scores is a result of genetic differences." ingentaconnect Heritabilities of Common and Measure-Specific Components of the B...

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E J Dionne on The appeal of conservatism | FiveBooks | The Browser

Aren't you one of the idiots that think your commitment to liberal ideology is more imprtant than the fact that Muslims still believe in slavery?
 

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