Republicans and Democrats agree on little these days. This is especially true when it comes to certain social issues. For example, many Republicans believe in the traditional definition of marriage (man and woman). Democrats, on the other hand, take a much broader approach. Republicans tend to believe that a person is born as a man or a woman and that science dictates one's sex. Democrats have a different view. One thing is certain: the country is currently on a left-leaning, steep, and slippery slope to the abyss. Several examples will clarify this point. Marriage On its face, government calling a same-sex couple a "marriage" might not impact anyone directly. After all, there are married people everywhere, and everyone, for the most part, peacefully co-exists with everyone else. However, the Supreme Court redefined marriage not because it did not "impact" anyone. To the contrary, it does impact society, including some business owners. For example, and most notably, what if a same-sex couple want a business owner to bake them a wedding cake with a written message on it, and that business owner happens to be a religious person who does not condone such a ceremony? Should he be compelled to do so, or does he have a religious right to refuse? If he refuses, should he be penalized, fined, etc.? Also, even if he agrees to bake the cake, doesn't he have a right to refuse to write a message on the cake? It appears that these issues relate to his religious and First Amendment rights and freedoms. We will see what the Supreme Court says about some of these issues. More importantly, should the right to marry extend to relatives? Children? While this is not easy to think about, how does it differ (aside from possible health risks associated with relationships between family members, etc.)? Down the slippery slope we go... Transgender Rights Those on the left opine that people should be free to identify with the sex – what they call the "gender" – of their choice. While people are free to identify with whatever gender they choose (forget about what science says for the moment), what should happen when it comes to school sports? Some people opine that those who identify with a specific sex should be free to participate on whatever team (boys or girls) they choose. After all, how does it impact anyone? In response, one need only look at the girl (calling herself a boy) who won the girls' state wrestling title for a second straight year. The wrestler is or was in the process of making herself look like a male and takes or took small doses of testosterone to aid in this transition. Should someone who is attempting to "transition" from one sex to the other have the right to engage in specific school sports even though she may take testosterone supplements, which provide an unfair, and potentially dangerous, advantage over those she competes against? What about the legal issues that could arise if someone is injured? Who is responsible for this? Oh, what a slippery slope... Gender Identification Should people be penalized or fined if they identify someone by the wrong "name"? This is the case in some areas of the country. For example: https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/05/the_lefts_slippery_slope.html The lefts moral slippery slope is a dangerous one. Issues of nature, science, and gender should be left alone. The liberal abyss is too dangerous for a healthy society.
Just to put into perspective, the silliness that you are peddling, on another thread you were complaining that liberals were the ones who were joyless and puritanical. Yet you are here demonstrating quite the opposite. Gets kind of crazy, saying hurtful things about those you don't know. You have to remember all the made up things to keep your story straight.
Don't forget freedom of speech. This is just the latest example in the U.K. UK man sentenced to 13 months, just for talking outside a courthouse They didn't even have to invoke their "hate speech" laws to silence him, rule by judicial decree.
We've already seen things transpire that, 20 or 30 years ago, those on the Left were claiming was just paranoid fear mongering and completely baseless. I could write off a long list, but don't want to derail this thread here. Just one example, the founder of Planned Parenthood insisted to the public in 1916 that they would never try to push abortion. Fast forward a few decades later. When abortion first came out, it was only going to be used for rape, or to save women's lives, the public was told. When gay marriage first came out, everyone was insisting it would only be marriage between two people, and marriage wouldn't be allowed between family members. Oh, and before that, it was only going to be civil unions, they promised they weren't going to call it a marriage. To suggest this could all be a slippery slope, that was just paranoid talk. A lot of times they have to do this through court rulings, because they can't get enough of the people to agree. Change the laws first, and then the culture will gradually follow.
It's truly awful that a low life, racist, ill educated, street brawling shithole breaks the law, again, and is apprehended by the police. It just goes to show the UK is run by the Stasi communist Sharia party who want pedophiles to roam free.
I'm not sure that the left is winning. You're forgetting that the government is firmly in republican hands, and the left has been reduced to saying that borders shouldn't be enforced because men should be able to wear dresses and pee in the little girl's room, or else we're all going to die from global warming. They've basically gone insane.
Take a look at what's going on in the UK right now. I've started plenty of threads about it. or ask our fellow member Cerberus, who's actually in the UK, what he thinks about it.
Yes you have started plenty of threads, most of which have been shown to be fake! Your hero was too scared to report a potential crime to the police!
True, I really do not give a monkeys about who someone sleeps with as long as consent is given by both parties, I care not who marries who and if you want to call yourself Sue and wear a dress go for it! I do care that Robinson might screw up justice for potential pedo's because he enjoys publicity.
What are the brits doing? Complaining about free speech when they've never complained before? Young british girls have been gang-raped for decades, and now they are rallying behind a guy who complained about that because suddenly they woke up from their stupor and thought... "hmm... maybe instead of demanding a constitutional form of government, we might want to complain about some bloke who got imprisoned for a crime that has nothing to do with our daughters who were subjected to that? and what about brexit? Yeah, they voted, but they all know by now it'll never happen, just like us americans who know that the wall will never be built. We voted for it, but now it's just a "meh" moment of semi-consciousness. Sorry, but I think the brits are cucks, and will remain so.
This is just another rant form so called "conservatives" angry and frustrated that not everyone wasn't from the same cookie cutter as themselves. With them, it's my way or the highway. We know the rules now just follow them. As Barry Goldwater said, 'stop worring about sexual preference or miniorities, it's a free country.' Ronald Reagan said, 'I don't care what people do in their bedrooms, so long as they don't do it in the street and scare the horses.' The so called "Freedom Caucus" in truth is anything but. They would appall both Goldwater and Reagan. These two men believed freedom and liberty went together. They wouldn't get a single right wing vote today.
I don't know about my fellow conservatives, but I'm well aware that we aren't cut from the same cookie cutter. Lefties are lefties and righties are righties because of epigenetics, which is why the left are huddled up in cities, while conservatives are in the sticks. There's no frustration involved with that. Just a question of when will the levee break, and we're tired of attempting a diplomatic solution. I know that no diplomatic solution is possible because we are basically two different types of critters, but I'm currently somewhat of a loner in that regard.
The paranoid Right watching the leftists and their leadership TRYING to go that route in every way possible? Psssst . . . it's not paranoia if it is really happening before your very eyes; and apparently voters are beginning to agree.
Do we or do we not have hate speech laws at least on college campuses for which you can suffer quite severe repercussions just for pointing out unpleasant facts?
No, just your view of it is insane. Your statement here alone shows a shocking lack of logic and rational thought.
The key here is federalism. Let like minded people live together in their local areas and states and largely live as they desire and keep the federal government largely like intended by the enumerated powers like our national defense, money, etc. while not trying to impose one size fits all solutions upon all of us from either direction. Let the states and the people have the power originally delegated and intended for them.
