Ideology[edit]
I am politically right-wing with strong centrist leanings. I don't really go with identifying as Republican, though.
Life and death[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Capitalist, but only because historically it's been the most tenable option (and by no means a perfect one)
- Opposed to socialism.
Constitution[edit]
- 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[edit]
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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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.
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