Why is it that most people categorize themselves as left wing or right wing, can't someone say, believe in gun control (leftish) and at the same time oppose gay marrige(righty), why do they have to take the 'left' and 'rights' beliefs in their entirety
2006-09-26 08:42:52 · 7 answers · asked by alias2342003 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
because that's politics
2006-09-26 08:47:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't have to either. You can be an independent and make up your own mind on the issues and the politicians. This country was founded on the ideal that we have a right to self determination, and this certainly applies to the individual. As an Independent, you can vote for a Republican who you agree with ( for whatever reason), and a Democrat you agree with. You can vote "left" or "right". And you can certainly believe in gun control and oppose gay marriage.
As a matter of fact, you can also be in either the "left" or "right" parties and also oppose gay marriage and believe in gun control. Many democrats do not believe in gun control,and are even opposed to gay marraige. And there are plenty of Gay Republicans. There was actually a group of gay republicans who met with our Great Leader before he was "elected" the first time. He was trying to show us how open minded he was. The only remark the Leader ever made about the meeting was that it was "interesting".
Anyway, if you were in either of the main parties and held both of these beliefs, you might be classified as "centrist" rather than Left or Right.
So the answer is, they do not have to take the "left" and "rights" beliefs in their entirety.
2006-09-26 15:55:24 · answer #2 · answered by Samuel Crow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you are talking about the noisy ones. Most of us are liberal on social issues (like helping those who are truly helpless and making all the others work for a living - that is truly liberal), and somewhere around the middle on all the others. Most people who go to a job everyday and make house payments are not leftist - as in Kennedy and Clinton leftists. I just call these characters and their cohorts, wrong! They want to raise taxes and pay off the voters who will receive the re-distributed money.
2006-09-26 16:03:19 · answer #3 · answered by doot 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's about having an identity, which is an important basic need for anyone. Like a ball game; you cheer for your team. It's the same problem with a lot of countries though; there's not enough choice. A country with just two main parties is so Orwellian.
The current spectrum leaves no room for maneoveur, which so unrealistic!
2006-09-26 15:49:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well most people don't believe in gun control and oppose gay marriage because most people aren't totalitarian assholes who believe everything should be the way they want it to be.
However there is such thing a centrist or libertarian, or like yourself authoritarian. Check out the grid below.
2006-09-26 15:49:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are correct in that some people can be primarily right or left but disagree with their base on a single issue. However, that is the exception to the rule.
2006-09-26 15:49:04 · answer #6 · answered by Random Precision 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably because a) it's just easier to say "I'm a Republican" or "I'm a Democrat" than try to clarify, and b) because people want to have a sense of belonging to groups, and Independents aren't well known enough to relate to. I agree, though, people shouldn't just be happy with going along with everything their party says. I say check the facts and choose for yourself. Please don't be a lemming, we have too many of those as it is.
2006-09-26 15:51:10 · answer #7 · answered by letitcountry 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋