User:Roman Sionis/Politics

Ideology
I am politically right-wing with strong centrist leanings. I don't really go with identifying as Republican, though.

Life and death

 * Abortion: Am staunchly pro-life.
 * Euthanasia: See above.
 * Death Penalty: Needs to be abolished immediately.
 * War: There are conditions in which waging war is acceptable, but war, while not intrinsically evil, is an evil nonetheless. I still think that war history is cool, though!

Economics

 * Capitalist, but only because historically it's been the most tenable option (and by no means a perfect one)
 * Opposed to socialism.

Constitution

 * Free speech is a fundamental right.
 * I proudly uphold the right to bear arms, but I think that background checks need to be run with the purchase of heavy weaponry.

Environment

 * Global warming isn't real... climate change is. Learn the difference. Oops, my bad, when I typed global warming I was only thinking of hotter weather rather than the atmosphere itself.
 * We're not going to be able to reverse climate change's effects, but that doesn't mean we can't do our part to take care of the environment.
 * Fracking reduces carbon emissions.
 * Renewable energy is a no-go. You can't get something from nothing.
 * We need to turn to an efficient, environmentally friendly, but reliable fuel source. Wind turbines and solarvoltaic energy are efficient but unreliable (as seen in Texas in 2021).

Foreign Policy

 * The two-state solution would help with the ethnic conflict in Israel. We could give East Jerusalem to the Israelis, but they'd have to stop the human rights abuses. (They did a good job with the vaccines, though!)

Social Justice

 * Race: It's a nebulous concept and should not define how we feel about a group. While I personally gravitate towards colorblindness, I don't really see a problem with people having a strong racial identity.
 * Feminism: I prefer egalitarianism over feminism, but first and second-wave feminism are good.
 * Homosexuality: Tricky. As a Catholic, I obviously believe that the act of homosexuality is a grave sin. However, just because someone is born with or adopts a preference for the same sex doesn't make them bad people. Also, reparative therapy almost always does more harm than good.
 * Transgenderism: I don't believe in it, but those with dysphoria are human beings who deserve our love and compassion. However, if asked, I'll still stick to my guns on the issue.